Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lindsay

#300 most common girls' name of all time · #556 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#300
Rank overall
#556 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
135,501
Since 2016
1,472
Peak year
1983 #36
Best rank
#36 1983
Girls Boys peak 8,713/yr
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Lindsay is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 84 84 #2,195
2024 99 99 #1,981
2023 93 93 #2,077
2022 117 117 #1,763
2021 148 7 155 #1,453
2020 124 124 #1,656
2019 144 144 #1,509
2018 174 174 #1,310
2017 217 6 223 #1,142
2016 259 259 #1,022
2015 328 9 337 #853
2014 433 8 441 #660
2013 412 412 #688
2012 396 396 #710
2011 435 6 441 #654
2010 492 492 #597
2009 575 5 580 #527
2008 848 848 #382
2007 1,067 10 1,077 #316
2006 1,248 8 1,256 #263
2005 1,398 12 1,410 #240
2004 1,354 9 1,363 #241
2003 1,229 6 1,235 #260
2002 1,241 1,241 #255
2001 1,502 9 1,511 #210
2000 1,800 12 1,812 #179
1999 1,849 17 1,866 #169
1998 1,939 9 1,948 #161
1997 2,086 8 2,094 #149
1996 2,397 21 2,418 #134
1995 2,562 22 2,584 #125
1994 3,100 15 3,115 #107
1993 3,664 22 3,686 #88
1992 4,262 27 4,289 #81
1991 4,483 31 4,514 #77
1990 5,040 40 5,080 #69
1989 5,525 49 5,574 #63
1988 6,025 47 6,072 #57
1987 6,530 57 6,587 #49
1986 6,952 61 7,013 #46
1985 7,871 86 7,957 #40
1984 8,510 73 8,583 #36
1983 8,622 91 8,713 #36
1982 8,260 84 8,344 #39
1981 5,843 58 5,901 #47
1980 4,353 52 4,405 #71
1979 3,466 54 3,520 #88
1978 3,123 47 3,170 #95
1977 2,635 63 2,698 #110
1976 2,070 50 2,120 #133
1975 515 22 537 #396
1974 213 36 249 #690
1973 115 22 137 #1,018
1972 62 35 97 #1,517
1971 77 38 115 #1,377
1970 82 41 123 #1,308
1969 61 43 104 #1,519
1968 70 47 117 #1,327
1967 48 41 89 #1,644
1966 59 56 115 #1,434
1965 50 74 124 #1,577
1964 53 67 120 #1,562
1963 69 92 161 #1,330
1962 61 117 178 #1,420
1961 58 125 183 #1,469
1960 54 152 206 #1,506
1959 69 115 184 #1,294
1958 81 90 171 #1,182
1957 98 96 194 #1,052
1956 83 96 179 #1,135
1955 92 122 214 #1,052
1954 77 94 171 #1,125
1953 95 130 225 #983
1952 125 101 226 #814
1951 112 106 218 #848
1950 116 97 213 #810
1949 83 64 147 #986
1948 68 65 133 #1,073
1947 59 61 120 #1,173
1946 31 56 87 #1,591
1945 18 50 68 #2,003
1944 22 37 59 #1,822
1943 15 51 66 #2,365
1942 12 38 50 #2,687
1941 9 37 46 #3,049
1940 10 39 49 #2,761
1939 5 38 43 #4,288
1938 6 46 52 #3,884
1937 8 42 50 #3,178
1936 15 44 59 #2,049
1935 35 35
1934 42 42
1933 33 33
1932 41 41
1931 36 36
1930 40 40
1929 44 44
1928 7 53 60 #3,771
1927 40 40
1926 7 36 43 #3,903
1925 50 50
1924 52 52
1923 45 45
1922 39 39
1921 5 40 45 #5,134
1920 58 58
1919 36 36
1918 38 38
1917 45 45
1916 6 42 48 #3,948
1915 40 40
1914 38 38
1913 27 27
1912 17 17
1911 9 9
1910 12 12
1909 11 11
1908 8 8
1907 9 9
1905 9 9
1904 13 13
1903 10 10
1902 9 9
1901 5 5
1900 15 15
1899 10 10
1898 5 5
1897 7 7
1895 11 11
1894 5 5
1893 21 21
1892 5 5
1891 6 6
1890 13 13
1889 10 10
1888 8 8
1886 5 5
1885 6 6
1884 9 9
1882 9 9
1881 8 8
1880 7 7