Meaning not yet researched.
Lindy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 131 in 2025. Its best rank was #586 in 1979.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #586 in 1979; #1,604 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lindy in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,604 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1979, at #586.
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Lindy: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 131 girls in 2025. Peak: #586 in 1979 · most girls in one year: 310 (1979).
In 2025, 131 US girls were named Lindy, making it the 1,604th most common girls’ name of the year, up 332 places from #1,936 in 2024. That is 28 more than the 103 girls named Lindy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #586, reached in 1979. That year also had the most girls given the name: 310. For comparison, it was #2,831 in 2015 and #953 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Lindy in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #388, reached in 1927. That year also had the most boys given the name: 235. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,080 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lindy in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 10,672 US babies have been given the name, 83% of them girls and 17% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 1,838 babies named Lindy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 807 US girls were named Lindy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 131. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,269 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lindy ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #477 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lyndi (1,961 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lindi, Lyndy and Lindia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lynn.
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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: Lindi (1,140), Lyndy (487), Lindia (438), Lindie (427), Lindee (419), Lindey (209), Lendy (130).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 41 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 7 | #477 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #578 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #589 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #851 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #865 | — |
| Missouri | 5 | #1,026 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,069 | — |
| Florida | 7 | #1,800 | — |
| Texas | 8 | #2,545 | #2,759 |
| California | 6 | #2,956 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,604 | — | — |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,936 | — | — |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,978 | — | — |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,166 | — | — |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,110 | — | — |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,432 | — | — |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,119 | — | — |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,952 | — | — |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,890 | — | — |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,951 | — | — |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,831 | — | — |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,703 | — | — |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,795 | — | — |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,615 | 6 | #11,689 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,713 | — | — |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,392 | — | — |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,029 | — | — |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,198 | — | — |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,048 | — | — |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,498 | — | — |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,372 | — | — |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,302 | — | — |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,053 | — | — |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,041 | — | — |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,110 | — | — |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,166 | 7 | #8,757 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,912 | — | — |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,092 | — | — |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,776 | — | — |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,780 | — | — |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,763 | 5 | #9,694 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,673 | — | — |
| 1992 | 123 | #1,354 | — | — |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,364 | 6 | #7,855 |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,171 | 5 | #8,704 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,075 | 5 | #8,034 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,073 | 6 | #6,622 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1985 | 148 | #1,022 | 10 | #4,232 |
| 1984 | 191 | #825 | 7 | #5,329 |
| 1983 | 184 | #834 | 8 | #4,742 |
| 1982 | 206 | #788 | 7 | #5,366 |
| 1981 | 220 | #753 | 6 | #5,950 |
| 1980 | 254 | #682 | 7 | #5,286 |
| 1979 | 310 | #586 | 8 | #4,671 |
| 1978 | 237 | #674 | 10 | #3,744 |
| 1977 | 172 | #857 | 14 | #2,994 |
| 1976 | 171 | #815 | 6 | #5,342 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,059 | 7 | #4,602 |
| 1974 | 129 | #963 | 8 | #4,045 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,004 | 12 | #2,956 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,230 | 10 | #3,266 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,452 | 5 | #5,359 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,578 | 15 | #2,460 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,472 | 12 | #2,632 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,341 | 10 | #2,838 |
| 1967 | 56 | #1,502 | 11 | #2,553 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,523 | 17 | #1,936 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,333 | 25 | #1,579 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,177 | 13 | #2,370 |
| 1963 | 100 | #1,085 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1962 | 142 | #886 | 25 | #1,607 |
| 1961 | 155 | #851 | 38 | #1,291 |
| 1960 | 126 | #952 | 39 | #1,262 |
| 1959 | 138 | #886 | 37 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 147 | #843 | 48 | #1,111 |
| 1957 | 169 | #768 | 46 | #1,145 |
| 1956 | 139 | #843 | 23 | #1,669 |
| 1955 | 120 | #893 | 36 | #1,263 |
| 1954 | 121 | #870 | 33 | #1,321 |
| 1953 | 114 | #885 | 42 | #1,147 |
| 1952 | 98 | #941 | 36 | #1,234 |
| 1951 | 99 | #924 | 39 | #1,163 |
| 1950 | 89 | #953 | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1949 | 82 | #997 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,204 | 22 | #1,589 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,427 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,495 | 27 | #1,370 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,636 | 10 | #2,330 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,726 | 15 | #1,859 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,774 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,835 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,062 | 17 | #1,729 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,934 | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,365 | 15 | #1,841 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,696 | 7 | #3,048 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,316 | 11 | #2,279 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,987 | 8 | #2,765 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,018 | 24 | #1,413 |
| 1934 | — | — | 23 | #1,450 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,614 | 18 | #1,685 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,953 | 40 | #1,069 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,706 | 48 | #952 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,320 | 64 | #813 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,383 | 84 | #670 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,246 | 177 | #454 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,602 | 235 | #388 |
| 1926 | — | — | 29 | #1,369 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,882 | 10 | #2,859 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,787 | 6 | #4,148 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,369 | 5 | #4,610 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,859 | — | — |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,067 | — | — |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,983 | — | — |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,432 | — | — |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,656 | — | — |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,426 | — | — |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,449 | — | — |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,222 | — | — |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,958 | — | — |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,035 | — | — |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,929 | — | — |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,373 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,133 | — | — |
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).