# Lyndsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyndsey/  
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 | Lindsay, Lindsey |
| US babies named this | 14,420 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32 / 14,388 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 200, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Spelling variant. A less common spelling of Lindsay or Lindsey.

## 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 | 88 | 2,168 |
| 2012 | 82 | 2,304 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,797 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,063 |
| 2015 | 42 | 3,684 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,169 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,672 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,894 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,397 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,417 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,310 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,571 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,876 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,819 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,723 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | 6,893 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,910 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,050 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,417 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,682 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,492 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50 | 517 |
| 1997 | 38 | 645 |
| 1998 | 23 | 925 |
| 1999 | 18 | 1,107 |
| 2000 | 18 | 1,095 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2,023 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,784 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## People named Lyndsey

- Lyndsey Marshal, British actress
- Lyndsey Scott, American model, iOS mobile app software developer, and actress
- Lyndsey Gunnulfsen, American musician
- Lyndsey Fry, American ice hockey player

## 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.