The first name Lynda

Lynda last appeared in the official list in 2020, given to 4 girls. It peaked in 1998, with 9 births (#1,823).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lynda with other names.

In 2025, 30 girls born in the United States were named Lynda, the 4,619th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1947, when 4,840 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Lynda Carter
  American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder, born 1951
• Lynda Boyd
  Canadian actress, born 1965
• Lynda Day George
  American actress, born 1944
• Lynda Lemay
  Canadian singer, born 1966
• Lynda Benglis
  American video artist, photographer, and sculptor (born 1941)
• Lynda Bellingham
  British actress (1948-2014)
• Lynda La Plante
  English writer and actress, born 1943
• Lynda Bird Johnson Robb
  American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1944)
• Lynda Cornet
  Dutch rower, born 1962
• Lynda Barry
  American cartoonist, born 1956
• Lynda Tolbert-Goode
  American hurdler, born 1967
• Lynda Baron
  English actress, 1939–2022

How popular is the name Lynda?

In 2020, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Lynda, ranking 4,535th. Its peak was 1998, with 9 births.

Is Lynda a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 78,098 US babies named Lynda since 1880 were girls.

When was Lynda most popular?

1947 in the United States, when 4,840 babies were named Lynda, its highest rank at 77th.

What name is Lynda a form of?

Lynda is a form of Linda.