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Lindell

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Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Lindell has been given to 2,792 babies in the U.S. since 1913. 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 1949, with 70 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Lindell, 2023

1 in 663,000

Lindell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lindell over time

In 2023, Lindell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19132023

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.

Lindell: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Lindell means

Lindell is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lindell is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Lindell is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,435 boys were recorded with the name Lindell between 1913 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 70 in 1949; its best national rank was #817 in 1949.

In the United States, 357 girls were recorded with the name Lindell between 1920 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1956; its best national rank was #2,028 in 1950.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lindell?

Lindell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
459,528 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lindell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lindell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lindells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lindell was born before 1951 — so the typical Lindell is around 74 today.

Median birth year
1951
About 74 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.5%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,297
People you could plausibly meet
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1940s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (530).

Is Lindell 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1949 (70)
Years since peak
76
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#817
1949

Spellings of Lindell

Lindell is not the most common spelling — Wendell is, with 57.7% against Lindell's 2.6%.

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.

Where Lindell is used

Across 1910–2025, Lindell was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 7,692 boys, against 1 in 51,199 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

013 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 7,692
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 33,333
  3. 3Illinois1 in 33,333
  4. 4Kentucky1 in 100,000
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Tennessee1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lindell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lindell around the world

Where Lindell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1947–1979
    #627
    in 1979

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lindell

People whose public names include Lindell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lindell by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#817
1949
Peak year
1949
70 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
2,435
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,028
1950
Peak year
1956
24 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
1974
All-time count
357
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lindell

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

LinkinLinellLinnellLindenCardellRonnellMartellRondellLinkolnLindonWindellLyndellPernellKordellConnellLionellLatrellRoswellJarrellDenzellCarnellMarkellJohnellKendell

Names with a curve like Lindell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lindell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LawranceTheodisGaylonGaylenGeroldDennieAllynGlynnNancyCleophusWendelArlyn

Sibling names for Lindell

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

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