# Lyndsay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyndsay/  
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 | 6,716 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,716 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 62 | 2,835 |
| 2007 | 58 | 3,034 |
| 2008 | 44 | 3,681 |
| 2009 | 42 | 3,776 |
| 2010 | 31 | 4,687 |
| 2011 | 21 | 6,260 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,192 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,698 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,925 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,895 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,816 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,587 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,881 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,720 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,127 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12 | 1,434 |
| 1997 | 9 | 1,802 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

## 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.