Meaning not yet researched.
Lindsey: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 161 in 2025. Its best rank was #35 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #35 in 1984; #1,369 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lindsey in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,369 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #35.
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Lindsey: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 161 girls in 2025. Peak: #35 in 1984 · most girls in one year: 9,005 (1984).
In 2025, 161 US girls were named Lindsey, making it the 1,369th most common girls’ name of the year, down 80 places from #1,289 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 180 girls named Lindsey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #35, reached in 1984. That year also had the most girls given the name: 9,005. For comparison, it was #611 in 2015 and #1,289 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lindsey in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 11 babies with the name. In all, 165,286 US babies have been given the name, 95% of them girls and 4.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 73,023 babies named Lindsey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,418 US girls were named Lindsey; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 364. In 2025 that was about 1 in 9,983 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lindsey ranked highest in North Carolina in 2025, at #874 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lindsay (135,501 babies since 1880), Lyndsey (14,420 babies since 1880) and Lindsy (2,158 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lindsie, Lindsi and Lyndsy are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lindsie (969), Lindsi (776), Lyndsy (622), Lyndsee (311), Lindzey (264), Lindsee (257), Lindzy (205), Lindzee (97), Lindsea (70), Lendsey (22), Lyndsea (22), Lyndzey (16), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lindsey in the open dataset we use.
Lindsey is listed as a nickname for Lindsay.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 11 | #874 | #492 |
| Indiana | 7 | #879 | #557 |
| Maryland | 5 | #938 | #552 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #953 | #654 |
| Washington | 6 | #994 | #741 |
| Texas | 27 | #1,050 | #609 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,298 | #479 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,334 | #648 |
| California | 16 | #1,450 | #719 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,526 | #738 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,533 | #651 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,606 | #724 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,631 | #723 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 2024 | 180 | #1,289 | 7 | #10,505 |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,307 | — | — |
| 2021 | 195 | #1,217 | 6 | #11,591 |
| 2020 | 244 | #1,030 | 11 | #7,307 |
| 2019 | 276 | #957 | — | — |
| 2018 | 323 | #840 | 11 | #7,426 |
| 2017 | 315 | #869 | 6 | #11,615 |
| 2016 | 364 | #781 | 13 | #6,568 |
| 2015 | 477 | #611 | 11 | #7,354 |
| 2014 | 534 | #573 | 5 | #13,274 |
| 2013 | 504 | #573 | 10 | #7,876 |
| 2012 | 579 | #524 | 10 | #7,905 |
| 2011 | 647 | #460 | 6 | #11,716 |
| 2010 | 804 | #400 | 9 | #8,530 |
| 2009 | 1,010 | #327 | 12 | #7,079 |
| 2008 | 1,227 | #279 | 9 | #8,733 |
| 2007 | 1,555 | #226 | 9 | #8,646 |
| 2006 | 1,886 | #186 | 14 | #5,982 |
| 2005 | 2,094 | #162 | 16 | #5,187 |
| 2004 | 2,255 | #146 | 30 | #3,257 |
| 2003 | 2,540 | #132 | 18 | #4,545 |
| 2002 | 2,816 | #122 | 20 | #4,135 |
| 2001 | 3,050 | #105 | 22 | #3,801 |
| 2000 | 3,211 | #103 | 17 | #4,497 |
| 1999 | 3,417 | #96 | 14 | #4,922 |
| 1998 | 3,465 | #97 | 35 | #2,483 |
| 1997 | 3,636 | #95 | 31 | #2,586 |
| 1996 | 4,112 | #86 | 29 | #2,652 |
| 1995 | 4,377 | #82 | 50 | #1,768 |
| 1994 | 4,988 | #69 | 40 | #2,067 |
| 1993 | 5,845 | #56 | 52 | #1,689 |
| 1992 | 5,893 | #57 | 48 | #1,767 |
| 1991 | 6,460 | #52 | 58 | #1,518 |
| 1990 | 6,782 | #51 | 70 | #1,330 |
| 1989 | 7,069 | #48 | 97 | #1,061 |
| 1988 | 7,001 | #48 | 86 | #1,075 |
| 1987 | 7,457 | #41 | 95 | #972 |
| 1986 | 8,051 | #39 | 108 | #876 |
| 1985 | 8,468 | #37 | 116 | #836 |
| 1984 | 9,005 | #35 | 114 | #820 |
| 1983 | 8,679 | #35 | 127 | #776 |
| 1982 | 7,961 | #40 | 138 | #753 |
| 1981 | 4,863 | #58 | 114 | #825 |
| 1980 | 3,386 | #91 | 88 | #961 |
| 1979 | 2,758 | #113 | 79 | #1,002 |
| 1978 | 1,812 | #153 | 90 | #913 |
| 1977 | 1,381 | #194 | 107 | #826 |
| 1976 | 873 | #267 | 72 | #986 |
| 1975 | 361 | #497 | 47 | #1,247 |
| 1974 | 234 | #650 | 48 | #1,209 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,115 | 70 | #968 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,344 | 62 | #1,028 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,482 | 56 | #1,095 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,457 | 77 | #914 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,412 | 65 | #955 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,527 | 74 | #848 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,552 | 88 | #781 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,783 | 85 | #790 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,757 | 92 | #769 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,696 | 97 | #771 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,485 | 124 | #696 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,696 | 138 | #663 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,336 | 145 | #652 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,778 | 141 | #659 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,506 | 138 | #655 |
| 1958 | 65 | #1,314 | 146 | #638 |
| 1957 | 84 | #1,157 | 149 | #629 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,284 | 132 | #663 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,565 | 154 | #593 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,191 | 169 | #565 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,340 | 156 | #574 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,175 | 133 | #616 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,310 | 129 | #621 |
| 1950 | 51 | #1,289 | 106 | #676 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,347 | 91 | #720 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,983 | 97 | #681 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,680 | 90 | #724 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,125 | 91 | #676 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,850 | 69 | #740 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,326 | 58 | #826 |
| 1943 | — | — | 74 | #758 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,954 | 64 | #809 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,416 | 76 | #711 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,738 | 48 | #924 |
| 1939 | — | — | 60 | #790 |
| 1938 | — | — | 56 | #830 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,646 | 60 | #797 |
| 1936 | — | — | 51 | #856 |
| 1935 | — | — | 59 | #809 |
| 1934 | — | — | 53 | #867 |
| 1933 | — | — | 54 | #846 |
| 1932 | — | — | 73 | #733 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1930 | — | — | 73 | #747 |
| 1929 | — | — | 56 | #893 |
| 1928 | — | — | 60 | #859 |
| 1927 | — | — | 56 | #920 |
| 1926 | — | — | 55 | #910 |
| 1925 | — | — | 52 | #938 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,524 | 55 | #950 |
| 1923 | — | — | 70 | #798 |
| 1922 | — | — | 72 | #792 |
| 1921 | — | — | 58 | #929 |
| 1920 | — | — | 57 | #919 |
| 1919 | — | — | 62 | #834 |
| 1918 | — | — | 52 | #928 |
| 1917 | — | — | 69 | #756 |
| 1916 | — | — | 61 | #796 |
| 1915 | — | — | 57 | #808 |
| 1914 | — | — | 56 | #683 |
| 1913 | — | — | 42 | #718 |
| 1912 | — | — | 39 | #686 |
| 1911 | — | — | 32 | #528 |
| 1910 | — | — | 23 | #611 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #875 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #728 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #688 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #559 |
| 1905 | — | — | 14 | #653 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #790 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #513 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #633 |
| 1901 | — | — | 12 | #623 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #571 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #568 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #688 |
| 1897 | — | — | 8 | #831 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #615 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #659 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #915 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #881 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #664 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #543 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #584 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #477 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #575 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #614 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #463 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #809 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #683 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #546 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #731 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #750 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #590 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).