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Lyndon

#2,199 in 2025Boys' name

Linden tree hill

Lyndon has been given to 10,120 babies in the U.S. since 1904. In 2025 it ranked #2,199 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1964, with 515 recorded.

Babies named Lyndon, 2025

1 in 51,000

Lyndon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lyndon: meaning, origin, and history

Linden tree hill

English

What Lyndon means

Lyndon means “linden tree hill”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lyndon is used in English, Cebuano and Tagalog. Its origins include English.

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

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Lyndon is pronounced /ˈlɪn.dən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,705 boys were recorded with the name Lyndon between 1904 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 515 in 1964; its best national rank was #346 in 1964.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,677 in 2020 to #2,199 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,196 in 2015 to #2,199 in 2025.

In the United States, 415 girls were recorded with the name Lyndon between 1934 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2018; its best national rank was #4,117 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,955 in 2020 to #7,013 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,589 in 2015 to #7,013 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 Lyndon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 51,000
65 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 26,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,199
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
35,353 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lyndon 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 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 35,353 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lyndon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lyndons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lyndon was born before 1970 — so the typical Lyndon is around 55 today.

Median birth year
1970
About 55 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
21.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,036
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1960s — 21.0% of all recorded uses (2,034).

Is Lyndon 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
−437
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−522
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,003
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.6%
Peak was 1964 (515)
Years since peak
61
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#346
1964

Spellings of Lyndon

Lyndon is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 55.5% against Lyndon's 2.9%.

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 Lyndon is used

Across 2016–2025, Lyndon was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in 4,348 boys, against 1 in 18,464 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in 4,348
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 9,091
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 10,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 11,111
  5. 5Ohio1 in 14,286
  6. 6Michigan1 in 16,667
  7. 7Alabama1 in 20,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 20,000

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.

Lyndon around the world

Where Lyndon 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
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–1997
    #271
    in 1997
  • Ireland
    1971–1993
    #339
    in 1993
  • France
    2005–2005
    #4,501
    in 2005
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Lyndon

People whose public names include Lyndon, 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.

Lyndon in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lyndon. Linked forms have their own page here.

LindonLynden

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lyndon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,199
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 522
Best rank ever
#346
1964
Peak year
1964
515 that year
First recorded
1904
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,705
Count in 2025
65

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,013
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,058
Best rank ever
#4,117
2018
Peak year
2018
35 that year
First recorded
1934
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
415
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Lyndon

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

LondonJaydonJordonWeldonLyndenJadonLyndellBraydonGlendonBrendonJaedonBradonLynwoodBraedonEldonGraydonJaidonKaydonLynnLindonSheldonHaydonCamdonKendon

Names with a curve like Lyndon

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

VinceKentonLennyVonVanceEddyGilDinoRichieVaughnKipCliff

Sibling names for Lyndon

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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