# Linsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/linsey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,365 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 240 / 5,125 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 | 5,046 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,303 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,445 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,938 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,109 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,368 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,831 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,290 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,943 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,977 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,775 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,813 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,315 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,526 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,639 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 11 | 2,472 |
| 1954 | 8 | 3,084 |
| 1955 | 11 | 2,507 |
| 1956 | 5 | 4,252 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,468 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,545 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,393 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,765 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,801 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,129 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,356 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,808 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,404 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,724 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,934 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |

## People named Linsey

- Linsey MacDonald, British sprinter

## 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.