Lyndsey Girl
How popular is Lyndsey?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Lyndsey in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Lyndsey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▲ 101 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (687 girls) |
| Highest rank | #343 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| 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 |
Lyndsey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lindsey family of names ranked #1,113 for girls in 2025 (#1,033 the year before), with 175 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsey | 161 | 92% |
| Lyndsey | 14 | 8% |
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 Lyndsey is most popular
Babies named Lyndsey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Lyndsey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #5,808 |
| 1970s | 637 | #710 |
| 1980s | 5,834 | #343 |
| 1990s | 4,785 | #384 |
| 2000s | 2,410 | #637 |
| 2010s | 592 | #1,886 |
| 2020s | 114 | #5,310 |
Girl names about as popular as Lyndsey
Questions
- Is Lyndsey a boy or girl name?
- Lyndsey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lyndsey were girls.
- How popular is the name Lyndsey?
- 14 baby girls were named Lyndsey in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Lyndsey most popular?
- Lyndsey peaked in 1990, when 687 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #343 in 1983.
- How many people are named Lyndsey?
- 14,420 babies have been named Lyndsey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,119 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Lyndsey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lyndsey was most common in Florida, 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.