How rare is the name Lindy?

9,032 people in the United States have the first name Lindy, about 1 in 33,440. It ranks #2,630 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LINDY

#2,630

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,032
About
1 in 33,440
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,032 people named Lindy, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 91.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lindy peaked in 1979, when 318 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
318
In 2025*
131 ▼59%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 10,672 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Lindy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,315. The largest share of babies named Lindy, 25.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,6367
1900s#3,84016
1910s#6,20444
1920s#1,721630
1930s#2,311334
1940s#1,943550
1950s#1,3151,617
1960s#1,6931,129
1970s#1,5081,563
1980s#1,5191,838
1990s#2,765950
2000s#3,884805
2010s#4,959600
2020s#3,617584
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–457.9%
Baby boom 1946–6425.2%
Generation X 1965–8020.7%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–1211.4%
2013 and later9.3%

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 Lindy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lindy has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Texas (2.4×), and California (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.39×).

4,625 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.

Exactly as common as Lindy

1 other first name also has 9,032 people.

#2,630 Fletcher · 9,032

Either side of Lindy

#2,628 Mariel · 9,033#2,630 Fletcher · 9,032#2,632 Amal · 9,015#2,633 Huy · 9,013

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lindy, most common first.

#20 Linda · 1,164,876#11,465 Lindi · 1,116#15,170 Lind · 763#19,735 Linde · 532#25,917 Lindey · 363#36,840 Linday · 214#42,480 Lindo · 169

Also a last name

As a last name, Lindy ranks #48,635 of 156,621, with 469 people. See Lindy as a last name

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