How rare is the name Lyndon?

7,982 people in the United States have the first name Lyndon, about 1 in 37,839. It ranks #2,877 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LYNDON

#2,877

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,982
About
1 in 37,839
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,982 people named Lyndon, 56.8% reported their origin as White, 25.1% as Black and 8.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 94.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lyndon peaked in 1964, when 520 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
520
In 2025*
81 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,120 babies have been given the name since 1904. 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.

Lyndon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,235. The largest share of babies named Lyndon, 26.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,41524
1910s#2,366243
1920s#2,432348
1930s#2,277343
1940s#1,678716
1950s#1,5931,107
1960s#1,2352,039
1970s#3,080473
1980s#2,455818
1990s#2,861902
2000s#3,451952
2010s#2,6761,510
2020s#3,387645
Greatest Generation 1901–275.4%
Silent Generation 1928–458.3%
Baby boom 1946–6426.5%
Generation X 1965–8012.5%
Millennials 1981–9613.5%
Generation Z 1997–1216.2%
2013 and later17.4%

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 Lyndon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyndon has been most common in Texas (3.1×), Indiana (2.5×), and Minnesota (1.8×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.53×).

4,778 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 Lyndon

#2,875 Tegan · 7,995#2,876 Yosef · 7,990#2,878 Judson · 7,980#2,879 Altagracia · 7,979

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,445 Lynden · 1,716#38,650 Lynton · 198

Also a last name

As a last name, Lyndon ranks #69,958 of 156,621, with 302 people. See Lyndon as a last name

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