# Lindsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lindsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “pool”, “lake”, “liquid”, “island (of land)” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪnzi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lindseigh |
| US babies named this | 165,286 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,735 / 157,551 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 437, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 647 | 460 |
| 2012 | 579 | 524 |
| 2013 | 504 | 573 |
| 2014 | 534 | 573 |
| 2015 | 477 | 611 |
| 2016 | 364 | 781 |
| 2017 | 315 | 869 |
| 2018 | 323 | 840 |
| 2019 | 276 | 957 |
| 2020 | 244 | 1,030 |
| 2021 | 195 | 1,217 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,307 |
| 2023 | 179 | 1,284 |
| 2024 | 180 | 1,289 |
| 2025 | 161 | 1,369 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 8,646 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,733 |
| 2009 | 12 | 7,079 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,530 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,716 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,905 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,876 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,274 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,354 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,568 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,615 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,426 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,307 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,591 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,505 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 14 | 1,815 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Lindsey

- Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier (born 1984)
- Lindsey Stirling, American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer
- Lindsey Morgan, American actress
- Lindsey Buckingham, American musician
- Lindsey Heaps, American soccer player
- Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder
- Lindsey Shaw, American actress
- Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
- Lindsey McKeon, actress
- Lindsey Davis, English novelist
- Lindsey Pelas, American model and actress
- Lindsey Haun, American actress and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.