How rare is the name Lyndsey?

13,474 people in the United States have the first name Lyndsey, about 1 in 22,416. It ranks #2,029 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LYNDSEY

#2,029

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,474
About
1 in 22,416
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,474 people named Lyndsey, 86.1% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lyndsey peaked in 1990, when 687 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
687
In 2025*
14 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,420 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Lyndsey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #720. The largest share of babies named Lyndsey, 64%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#13,05816
1970s#2,547637
1980s#7205,861
1990s#9734,785
2000s#1,7892,415
2010s#5,013592
2020s#10,667114
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–9664%
Generation Z 1997–1226.7%
2013 and later3%

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 Lyndsey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lyndsey has been most common in Ohio (1.6×), Indiana (1.6×), and Utah (1.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.4×).

12,291 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 Lyndsey

#2,027 Markus · 13,494#2,028 Carlie · 13,476#2,030 Kiersten · 13,430#2,031 Felicity · 13,421

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,332 Lyndsay · 6,365#10,340 Lyndsie · 1,296#13,106 Lyndsi · 931#17,700 Lyndsy · 618#29,961 Lyndsee · 293

Also a last name

As a last name, Lyndsey ranks #118,445 of 156,621, with 155 people. See Lyndsey as a last name

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