# Lyndon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyndon/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪn.dən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,120 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,705 / 415 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 751, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,040 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,480 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,251 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,125 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,591 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,549 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,545 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,118 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,572 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,567 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,611 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,879 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,319 |
| 2025 | 16 | 7,015 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 1,368 |
| 2012 | 121 | 1,388 |
| 2013 | 136 | 1,283 |
| 2014 | 147 | 1,239 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,196 |
| 2016 | 135 | 1,328 |
| 2017 | 155 | 1,200 |
| 2018 | 111 | 1,536 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,503 |
| 2020 | 95 | 1,677 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 94 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 86 | 1,859 |
| 2024 | 94 | 1,762 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,199 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 696 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 35 | 854 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Lyndon

- Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (1922–2019)
- Merritt Lyndon Fernald, American botanist (1873-1950)
- Lyndon Rush, Canadian bobsledder
- Lyndon Hooper, Canadian soccer player
- Lyndon Brook, British actor (1926-2004)
- Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host
- Lyndon Johnston, figure skater
- P. L. Travers, Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
- Bud Lee, American adult film director (born 1955)

## 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.