Lindie

#9,217 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Lindie has been given to 427 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #9,217 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Lindie, 2025

1 in 301,000

Lindie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lindie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lindie means

Lindie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Lindie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 427 girls were recorded with the name Lindie between 1950 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,820 in 1960.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,920 in 2020 to #9,217 in 2025.

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 Lindie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,217; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lindie 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 2025 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lindie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lindies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lindie was born before 1983 — so the typical Lindie is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 19.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 28.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 427; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 19.9% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Lindie 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: −1,780; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,703; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 73.3%; Peak was 2024 (15)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,820; 1960

Spellings of Lindie

Lindie is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 67.1% against Lindie's 0.02%.

Linda67.1%1,455,143
Minnie7.3%159,280
Lillie7.3%158,918
Lindsey7.3%157,551
Lizzie1.8%39,538
Winnie1.3%27,109
India1.1%23,990
Birdie0.68%14,708

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.

Lindie around the world

Where Lindie 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.

England & Wales
2025–2025
#5,927
in 2025
South Australia
1960–1981
#616
in 1981

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lindie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,217
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,703
Best rank ever: #3,820; 1960
Peak year: 2024; 15 that year
First recorded: 1950
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 427
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Lindie

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

Lindee Linlee Linsy Lindia Linley Linnaea Brodie Lincy Linkyn Linzey Linzie Linden Bradie Linzy Linder Saydie Lindley Linnae Byrdie Linell Linzee Linsay Lindi Lindsi

Sibling names for Lindie

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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