Girls' name · peaked in 1983
Lindsay name popularity since 1925
134,718 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lindsay (96.8% girls, 3.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Lindsay is about 40 years old in 2026. Lindsay peaked in 1983 as the #36 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 134,718
- Named Lindsay, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,208 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.8% girls
- 130,354 girls · 4,364 boys
- Most popular in
- New Hampshire
- 1.94× its national share
Peak year is the year Lindsay made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lindsay births per year, 1925–2025
1983 was the biggest year for Lindsay both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1973 and 1978, Lindsay became 26× more common, from 1 in 12,700 baby girls to 1 in 491.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 4,130 to 1 in 11,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lindsay's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lindsay.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lindsay in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 14 | 223 | – |
| 1930s | 34 | 397 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 327 | 498 | #2,026 |
| 1950s | 948 | 1,047 | #1,052 |
| 1960s | 583 | 814 | #1,585 |
| 1970s | 12,358 | 408 | #396 |
| 1980s | 68,491 | 658 | #40 |
| 1990s | 31,382 | 212 | #125 |
| 2000s | 12,262 | 71 | #240 |
| 2010s | 3,290 | 29 | #853 |
| 2020–25 | 665 | 7 | #2,208 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.1% of babies named Lindsay from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lindsay is most popular
The index compares Lindsay's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lindsay.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1.94× | 798 |
| Delaware | 1.79× | 487 |
| Utah | 1.74× | 1,937 |
| Connecticut | 1.62× | 2,292 |
| Vermont | 1.60× | 350 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lindsay and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsay (this page) | 130,354 | 1983 |
| Lindsey | 157,546 | 1984 |
| Lyndsay | 6,716 | 1982 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lindsay's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lindsay.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lindsay (1983).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data