Lindley**
#5,116 most common girls' name of all time · #8,667 across all names · 39% male / 61% female · used 1895–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#5,116
Rank overall
#8,667 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
1,628
Since 2016
214
Peak year
1988 #1,497
Best rank
#1,497 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 91/yr
Lindley first appears in 1895. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,912 |
| 2024 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,285 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,277 |
| 2022 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,590 |
| 2021 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,763 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,102 |
| 2019 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,722 |
| 2018 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,628 |
| 2017 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,486 |
| 2016 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,540 |
| 2015 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,736 |
| 2014 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,013 |
| 2013 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2012 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,717 |
| 2011 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,076 |
| 2010 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,260 |
| 2009 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,237 |
| 2008 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,105 |
| 2007 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,728 |
| 2006 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,507 |
| 2005 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,168 |
| 2004 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,795 |
| 2003 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,814 |
| 2002 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,285 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,233 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,616 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,267 |
| 1998 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,060 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,871 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,882 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,171 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,073 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,032 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,271 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,074 |
| 1989 | 38 | 5 | 43 | #2,889 |
| 1988 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,497 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,636 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,823 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,580 |
| 1983 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #5,188 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,411 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,997 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,961 |
| 1979 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #6,763 |
| 1978 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #6,020 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,961 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,688 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #6,649 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1963 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,400 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,705 |
| 1961 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #4,950 |
| 1960 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #5,792 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1954 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,141 |
| 1952 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,428 |
| 1949 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #4,310 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1947 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,078 |
| 1945 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #4,695 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,818 |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1941 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1938 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1933 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1932 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1928 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1926 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1923 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1921 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1919 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1917 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | — |