# Lindy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lindy/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪndi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,672 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,776 / 8,896 (83% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

## 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 | 65 | 2,713 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,615 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,795 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,703 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,831 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,951 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,890 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,952 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,119 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,432 |
| 2021 | 90 | 2,110 |
| 2022 | 88 | 2,166 |
| 2023 | 100 | 1,978 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,936 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,604 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 10 | 3,744 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,671 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,286 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,950 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,366 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,742 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,329 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,232 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,622 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,034 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,704 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,855 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,694 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,757 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,689 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## 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.