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Lyndsey

#7,721 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Lindsay

Lyndsey has been given to 14,420 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #7,721 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 687 recorded.

Babies named Lyndsey, 2025

1 in 237,000

Lyndsey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lyndsey: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lindsay

surname transfer

What Lyndsey means

Lyndsey is a variant of Lindsay.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lyndsey → Lindsay. The family’s meaning is “Isle of Lind”, recorded in English with the source elements Lindesīġe.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Spelling variant. A less common spelling of Lindsay or Lindsey.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Lyndsey (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

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

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lindsay.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,388 girls were recorded with the name Lyndsey between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 687 in 1990; its best national rank was #343 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,413 in 2020 to #7,721 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,683 in 2015 to #7,721 in 2025.

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Lyndsey between 1981 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1984; its best national rank was #6,046 in 1984.

How common is Lyndsey?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 115,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,721
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lyndsey 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lyndsey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lyndseys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lyndsey was born before 1991 — so the typical Lyndsey is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
18.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
14,388
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (5,834).

Is Lyndsey 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
+93
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,308
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,038
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.33×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.0%
Peak was 1990 (687)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#343
1983

Spellings of Lyndsey

Lyndsey is not the most common spelling — Lindsey is, with 47.7% against Lyndsey's 4.4%.

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 Lyndsey is used

Across 1910–2025, Lyndsey was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in 8,333 girls, against 1 in 12,821 across all states with data. It was least common in Wyoming (1 in 50,000).

212 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in 8,333
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 8,333
  3. 3Ohio1 in 8,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 8,333
  5. 5Utah1 in 8,333
  6. 6Colorado1 in 9,091
  7. 7Florida1 in 9,091
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Lyndsey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lyndsey around the world

Where Lyndsey 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
    1996–2013
    #5,742
    in 2013
  • Scotland
    1974–2006
    #606
    in 2006
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2002
    #286
    in 2002
  • Ireland
    1976–2013
    #747
    in 2013
  • France
    1984–2018
    #6,790
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2022
    #3,322
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1970–2001
    #711
    in 2001

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 Lyndsey

People whose public names include Lyndsey, 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.

Lyndsey in other languages

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

LyndsyLindseyLyndsay

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

Lyndsey by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,721
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,308
Best rank ever
#343
1983
Peak year
1990
687 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,388
Count in 2025
14

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,046
1984
Peak year
1984
6 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
32
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lyndsey

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

LynseyLynnseyLynnetteLynetteLynelleLyndsayChelseyLynnleeKinseyLynleeLynneaLynneLinseyLyndaLyndeeLynnaeJerseyLynzieLynleyLyndiLyndsieLynettaKaseyLynna

Names with a curve like Lyndsey

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

MeaghanAshlieBrianneShainaBreanneSadeCortneyAshelyKacieLacyMaeganKassie

Sibling names for Lyndsey

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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