first name
LYNDSAY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,365 people named Lyndsay, 88.2% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lyndsay peaked in 1982, when 403 babies got the name.
At least 6,716 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Lyndsay by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,058. The largest share of babies named Lyndsay, 69.8%, 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 Lyndsay is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyndsay has been most common in Indiana (2.1×), Michigan (2×), and Ohio (1.9×), and least common in Louisiana (0.41×).
4,713 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.
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