Lyndon
Masculine · “hill with lime trees”
Lyndon is given to both — 9,705 boys and 415 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Lyndon is the hill where the lime trees grow — an English place name, and one that reached the presidency in 1963 with a Texan who had it from his mother's family.
How old is the name Lyndon?
Lyndon first appears in US birth records in 1904 — 121 years ago. The typical Lyndon alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 7,700 people named Lyndon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lyndon most popular?
Lyndon peaked in 1964, reaching #345 nationally. Today it ranks #2183, 1,838 places below that high. See the whole 1964 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lind dun to Lyndon
The story of Lyndon
Lyndon was an English place name and surname that crossed into American given-name use in the nineteenth century. Lyndon B. Johnson was named for a family friend, became president on Kennedy's death, and signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. American use of the name spiked sharply in 1964 and 1965 and fell away after 1968.
Meaning
hill with lime trees
From the Old English lind, 'lime tree' or 'linden', and dun, 'hill'. Lyndon in Rutland preserves it. The linden was valued for its shade and its wood, and the element appears widely in English place names. The compound is transparent and undisputed.
How the name formed
- lind dun
- Lyndon
Related forms: Lindon · Linden
Pronouncing Lyndon
LIN-dun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Lyndon and Lindon are said identically.
Nicknames for Lyndon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1904
- Most boys named
- 1964515 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #345reached in 1964
- Change vs 2023
- −24.4%65 in 2025, from 86
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lyndon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lindon in English — spelling variant
- Linden in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Indiana, California.
Lyndons among us
people named Lyndon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,278 born in 2025 was named Lyndon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lyndon
- #2183
- Lyndon on the 2025 chart
- #854
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lyndon went to 65 boys in 2025, but Lindon is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 74, which makes it the 854th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,329 places above the chart.
- Lyndon65
- Lindon9
About 1 boy in 23,082 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 26,278 for Lyndon itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lavern test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lyndon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lavern climbed just as high around 1924, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lavern's path sketches the road Lyndon is walking now.
Lyndon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lyndon is headed
Lyndon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lyndon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lyndon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The lime-tree meaning is concrete and belongs to a real family of English place names.
- A consequential American president carries it.
- Don is available as a short form with a substantial record.
- The presidential association is strong and politically specific.
- Lyn reads as feminine to many people.
- It is sharply dated to the mid-1960s.
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Masculine · #2183 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lyndons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,700 people named Lyndon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lyndon?
- Lyndon is the most-used spelling in US records — 65 of the 74 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lindon.
- How popular is the name Lyndon in 2025?
- Lyndon ranks #2183 among US boy names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lyndon?
- About 1 in every 26,278 US boys born in 2025 was named Lyndon — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lyndon with classmates?
- Lyndon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lyndon
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