Girls' name · peaked in 1984
Lindsey name popularity since 1925
164,117 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lindsey (96.0% girls, 4.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1989 or earlier, so the typical Lindsey is about 37 years old in 2026. Lindsey peaked in 1984 as the #35 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 164,117
- Named Lindsey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,369 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.0% girls
- 157,546 girls · 6,571 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Lindsey 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.
Lindsey births per year, 1925–2025
1984 was the biggest year for Lindsey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1973 and 1978, Lindsey became 17× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 845.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 1,010 to 1 in 2,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lindsey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lindsey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lindsey 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 | 0 | 279 | – |
| 1930s | 7 | 583 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 161 | 758 | #2,850 |
| 1950s | 602 | 1,412 | #1,565 |
| 1960s | 520 | 1,049 | #1,757 |
| 1970s | 7,734 | 708 | #497 |
| 1980s | 71,940 | 1,083 | #37 |
| 1990s | 48,975 | 427 | #82 |
| 2000s | 21,644 | 167 | #162 |
| 2010s | 4,823 | 81 | #611 |
| 2020–25 | 1,140 | 24 | #1,369 |
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
66.0% of babies named Lindsey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Lindsey is most popular
The index compares Lindsey'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 Lindsey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.70× | 2,314 |
| Alaska | 1.67× | 397 |
| Wyoming | 1.67× | 361 |
| North Dakota | 1.57× | 796 |
| Colorado | 1.43× | 2,826 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lindsey 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lindsey (this page) | 157,546 | 1984 |
| Lindsay | 130,354 | 1983 |
| Lyndsey | 14,388 | 1983 |
| Lindsy | 2,153 | 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 Lindsey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lindsey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lindsey (1984).
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