Meaning not yet researched.
Lyndell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,082 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,082 in 1942; #13,173 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lyndell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13,173 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1942, at #1,082.
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Lyndell: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,082 in 1942 · most boys in one year: 40 (1942).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Lyndell, making it the 13,173rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 4,450 places from #8,723 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 9 boys named Lyndell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,082, reached in 1942. That year also had the most boys given the name: 40. For comparison, it was #8,450 in 2015 and #1,268 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Lyndell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,591, reached in 1944. That year also had the most girls given the name: 27. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,094 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lyndell in 112 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1907 with 6 babies. In all, 2,793 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 462 babies named Lyndell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75 US boys were named Lyndell; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 12. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Lindell (2,792 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lyndall, Lyndal and Lendell 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lyndall (905), Lyndal (712), Lendell (690), Lyndel (607), Lindel (356), Lyndol (111), Lendel (38), Lyndale (30), Lendall (25), Lyndelle (10), Lindall (10).
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 Lyndell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5 | #13,173 |
| 2024 | — | — | 9 | #8,723 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,714 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #11,748 |
| 2021 | — | — | 9 | #8,580 |
| 2020 | — | — | 9 | #8,480 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #11,618 |
| 2018 | — | — | 12 | #6,970 |
| 2017 | — | — | 6 | #11,635 |
| 2016 | — | — | 7 | #10,325 |
| 2015 | — | — | 9 | #8,450 |
| 2014 | — | — | 13 | #6,499 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,321 |
| 2011 | — | — | 10 | #7,861 |
| 2010 | — | — | 5 | #13,503 |
| 2009 | — | — | 7 | #10,575 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,522 |
| 2007 | — | — | 12 | #6,913 |
| 2006 | — | — | 15 | #5,693 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12 | #6,472 |
| 2004 | — | — | 6 | #10,827 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,110 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,786 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #11,651 |
| 2000 | — | — | 11 | #6,171 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,587 |
| 1998 | — | — | 12 | #5,346 |
| 1997 | — | — | 9 | #6,414 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,402 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #4,993 |
| 1994 | — | — | 11 | #5,309 |
| 1993 | — | — | 16 | #3,949 |
| 1992 | — | — | 17 | #3,689 |
| 1991 | — | — | 21 | #3,070 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,548 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,728 | 20 | #3,047 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,189 | 10 | #4,641 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,449 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,218 |
| 1985 | — | — | 22 | #2,400 |
| 1984 | — | — | 15 | #3,045 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #4,041 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,514 | 14 | #3,220 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,832 | 18 | #2,637 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,389 | 10 | #4,020 |
| 1979 | — | — | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,164 | 14 | #3,014 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,564 | 13 | #3,134 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,188 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,844 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,592 | 27 | #1,771 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,415 | 24 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,429 | 15 | #2,495 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,049 | 28 | #1,694 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,642 | 24 | #1,829 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,627 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,994 | 29 | #1,471 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,482 | 33 | #1,329 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,995 | 30 | #1,416 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,690 | 31 | #1,398 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,624 | 38 | #1,276 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,162 | 34 | #1,347 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,696 | 20 | #1,836 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,149 | 37 | #1,314 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,070 | 37 | #1,314 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,944 | 30 | #1,456 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,749 | 27 | #1,525 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,760 | 37 | #1,292 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,681 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,171 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,846 | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,763 | 37 | #1,237 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,303 | 25 | #1,535 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,042 | 36 | #1,234 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,094 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,904 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,925 | 25 | #1,479 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,121 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1946 | 22 | #2,000 | 22 | #1,540 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,040 | 24 | #1,367 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,591 | 20 | #1,560 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,874 | 29 | #1,299 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,899 | 40 | #1,082 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,484 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,660 | 32 | #1,197 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,642 | 25 | #1,350 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,520 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,072 | 23 | #1,430 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,464 | 21 | #1,489 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,333 | 17 | #1,736 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,855 | 18 | #1,707 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,626 | 17 | #1,749 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,182 | 25 | #1,411 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,513 | 34 | #1,185 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,788 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,002 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,627 | 10 | #2,769 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,750 | 22 | #1,678 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,128 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,547 | 15 | #2,145 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,278 | 9 | #3,163 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,419 | 12 | #2,546 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,703 | 8 | #3,432 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,301 | 15 | #2,225 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,677 | 13 | #2,408 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,358 | 6 | #4,000 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,612 | 8 | #3,273 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,398 | 11 | #2,507 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,948 | 8 | #3,081 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,480 | 7 | #3,263 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,206 | — | — |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,968 | — | — |
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).