Lynda Girl
How popular is Lynda?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Lynda in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Lynda popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▲ 5006 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #5,663 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (4,840 girls) |
| Highest rank | #77 in 1947 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lynda counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Linda family of names ranked #778 for girls in 2025 (#764 the year before), with 324 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Linda | 294 | 91% |
| Lynda | 30 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lynda is most popular
Babies named Lynda per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Lynda by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #908 |
| 1890s | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,142 |
| 1910s | 148 | #1,581 |
| 1920s | 282 | #1,147 |
| 1930s | 2,195 | #219 |
| 1940s | 27,952 | #77 |
| 1950s | 22,689 | #107 |
| 1960s | 15,694 | #183 |
| 1970s | 4,349 | #319 |
| 1980s | 2,293 | #556 |
| 1990s | 1,058 | #1,159 |
| 2000s | 683 | #1,919 |
| 2010s | 400 | #2,841 |
| 2020s | 139 | #4,241 |
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Questions
- Is Lynda a boy or girl name?
- Lynda is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lynda were girls.
- How popular is the name Lynda?
- 30 baby girls were named Lynda in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Lynda most popular?
- Lynda peaked in 1947, when 4,840 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #77 in 1947.
- How many people are named Lynda?
- 78,098 babies have been named Lynda in the US since 1880. We estimate about 59,095 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Lynda most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lynda was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.