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Lyndsey

Feminine · “Lincoln's island”

Lyndsey is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 14,388 girls against 32 boys since 1880.

1964high 1990
#7491 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare14 girls in 2025

Lyndsey is one of half a dozen spellings of Lindsay, and the place name behind it is Lincoln's island — a district of Lincolnshire that was genuinely an island in the fens.

How old is the name Lyndsey?

Lyndsey first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Lyndsey alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 14,000 people named Lyndsey are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Lyndsey most popular?

Lyndsey peaked in 1983, reaching #343 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 7,148 places below that high. See the whole 1983 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Lyndsey

Lindsay became a Scottish surname when a de Limesay family took lands there after the conquest, and Clan Lindsay became one of the great Lowland families. The name crossed into given-name use, masculine first and then overwhelmingly feminine from the 1960s. The Lyndsey spelling peaked around 1979.

Meaning

Lincoln's island

From the Old English Lindesig — Lindissi, the district around Lincoln, joined to eg, 'island'. Lindsey in Lincolnshire was surrounded by fen and marsh and was effectively an island before drainage. Lincoln's own name is Celtic-Roman, from lindo, 'pool', and colonia.

How the name formed

  1. Lindesig
  2. Lindsay
  3. Lyndsey

Related forms: Lindsay · Lindsey · Lyndsay

Pronouncing Lyndsey

LIN-zee

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Lyndsey

Moderate

LynThe front clipping, and a name in its own right with a large record
LindyThe affectionate stretch, and a registered name of its own
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1964–202568734406871419642025

US babies named Lyndsey per year from 1964 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#3431960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1964
Most girls named
1990687 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#343reached in 1983
Change vs 2024
0.0%14 in 2025, from 14
Lyndsey sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1990, with 687 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Lyndsey in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Lindsay in English — spelling variant
  • Lindsey in English — spelling variant
  • Lyndsay in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida.

Lyndseys among us

14,000

people named Lyndsey are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Lyndsey

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Lyndsey

#7491
Lyndsey on the 2025 chart
#785
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lyndsey went to 14 girls in 2025, but Lindsey is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 175, which makes it the 785th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,706 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 9,184 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Lyndsey 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

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Is it right for you

The Suzette test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lyndsey's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Suzette climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Suzette's path sketches the road Lyndsey is walking now.

40%chance Lyndsey will feel dated by 2040
Lyndsey, aligned on its peakSuzette· peak 1967not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsSuzette · #4369Lyndsey today
Lyndsey today is about where Suzette stood in 2009 — 42 years past a #341-sized peak. By 2024, Suzette had settled around #4369.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Lyndsey 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

Lyndsey beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Lyndsey in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Lyndseythis name14#7491Christie14#7491Carmelita14#7491Jetta14#7491Hildegard14#7491

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • A real English district with a genuinely interesting geography stands behind it.
  • A documented Scottish clan carries the name.
  • Lyn and Lindy are two short forms with their own records.
What to consider
  • At least four spellings of the sound are in common use.
  • It will be respelled by other people constantly.
  • It is closely dated to the 1980s in this spelling.

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Frequently asked

How many Lyndseys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 14,000 people named Lyndsey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Lyndsey?
Lyndsey is one of 2 recorded spellings. Lindsey is the more common one — 161 births in 2025 against 14 for Lyndsey.
How popular is the name Lyndsey in 2025?
Lyndsey ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Lyndsey?
About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Lyndsey — 14 in all.
Will my child share the name Lyndsey with classmates?
Lyndsey will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Lyndsey

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Christie#7491 · Carmelita#7491 · Jetta#7491 · Hildegard#7491 · Rickie#7491 · Billy#7491 · Angelyn#7491 · Jewell#7491

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