Girls' name · peaked in 1947
Lynda name popularity since 1925
77,737 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lynda. Half of them were born in 1952 or earlier, so the typical Lynda is about 74 years old in 2026. Lynda peaked in 1947 as the #77 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 77,737
- Named Lynda, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,619 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 77,618 girls · 119 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 1.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Lynda 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.
Lynda births per year, 1925–2025
1947 was the biggest year for Lynda both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1935 and 1940, Lynda became 11× more common, from 1 in 9,530 baby girls to 1 in 903.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 1,660 to 1 in 4,080.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lynda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lynda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lynda 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 | 166 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,195 | 0 | #619 |
| 1940s | 27,952 | 58 | #111 |
| 1950s | 22,689 | 42 | #178 |
| 1960s | 15,694 | 11 | #207 |
| 1970s | 4,349 | 8 | #524 |
| 1980s | 2,293 | 0 | #818 |
| 1990s | 1,058 | 0 | #1,512 |
| 2000s | 683 | 0 | #2,423 |
| 2010s | 400 | 0 | #4,196 |
| 2020–25 | 139 | 0 | #4,619 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
61.9% of babies named Lynda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Lynda is most popular
The index compares Lynda'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 Lynda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1.59× | 1,563 |
| Idaho | 1.54× | 460 |
| District of Columbia | 1.51× | 523 |
| Mississippi | 1.51× | 1,381 |
| Montana | 1.49× | 329 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lynda 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lynda (this page) | 77,618 | 1947 |
| Linda | 1,448,430 | 1948 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lynda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lynda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lynda (1947).
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