Lind

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Linden tree

Lind has been given to 119 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1960, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Lind, 1972

1 in 629,000

Lind over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lind over time

In 1972, Lind went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19281972

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lind: meaning, origin, and history

Linden tree

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lind means

Lind means “linden tree”, associated with lind.

Origin, language, and formation

Lind is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

Lind comes through Old Norse lind.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 90 girls were recorded with the name Lind between 1946 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1960; its best national rank was #4,238 in 1946.

In the United States, 29 boys were recorded with the name Lind between 1928 and 1961. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1928; its best national rank was #3,252 in 1928.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Lind?

Lind had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1972, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1972: 1 in 629,000; 5 of 3,142,796 births
Among girls only: 1 in 304,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1972: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 435,685 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lind sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1972 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 435,685 children born in 1972 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lind. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Linds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lind was born before 1956 — so the typical Lind is around 69 today.

Median birth year: 1956; About 69 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 43.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 71; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 43.3% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Lind rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1960 (10)
Years since peak: 65; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,238; 1946

Spellings of Lind

Lind is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 32.0% against Lind's <0.01%.

Linda32.0%1,455,143
Lisa21.3%967,229
Tina6.4%292,146
Cindy5.7%257,294
Lily4.2%189,644
Lynn4.0%182,387
Gina3.4%153,057
Lena3.2%146,479

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lind by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,238; 1946
Peak year: 1960; 10 that year
First recorded: 1946
Last recorded: 1972
All-time count: 90
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,252; 1928
Peak year: 1928; 8 that year
First recorded: 1928
Last recorded: 1961
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lind

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Linah Linkyn Lincy Kind Linsy Jind Ling Linlee Hind Linsi Linen Linet Linea Linae Linh Lindee Lindie Linsie Linaya Linzy Linne Linday Linnet Linnaea

Sibling names for Lind

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jannette Joellen Venita Gaye Teressa Maryjo Renita Jeanetta

For a brother

Rod Curtiss Bernie Barton Mitch Randell Russ Art

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