first name
LINDSEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 147,985 people named Lindsey, 86.7% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% as two or more races. 97.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lindsey peaked in 1984, when 9,119 babies got the name.
At least 165,286 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lindsey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #95. The largest share of babies named Lindsey, 65.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lindsey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lindsey has been most common in Alaska (1.8×), Utah (1.8×), and Wyoming (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.37×).
158,872 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lindsey
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lindsey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lindsey ranks #548 of 156,621, with 60,657 people. See Lindsey as a last name
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