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.

Lindsey

#244 most common girls' name of all time · #455 across all names · 5% boys / 95% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#244
Rank overall
#455 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
165,286
Since 2016
2,472
Peak year
1984 #35
Best rank
#35 1983
Girls Boys peak 9,119/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lindsey 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 161 — 161 #1,368
2024 180 7 187 #1,284
2023 179 — 179 #1,278
2022 181 — 181 #1,304
2021 195 6 201 #1,217
2020 244 11 255 #1,027
2019 276 — 276 #956
2018 323 11 334 #839
2017 315 6 321 #868
2016 364 13 377 #778
2015 477 11 488 #610
2014 534 5 539 #572
2013 504 10 514 #573
2012 579 10 589 #523
2011 647 6 653 #459
2010 804 9 813 #400
2009 1,010 12 1,022 #327
2008 1,227 9 1,236 #278
2007 1,555 9 1,564 #226
2006 1,886 14 1,900 #186
2005 2,094 16 2,110 #162
2004 2,255 30 2,285 #146
2003 2,540 18 2,558 #132
2002 2,816 20 2,836 #122
2001 3,050 22 3,072 #105
2000 3,211 17 3,228 #103
1999 3,417 14 3,431 #96
1998 3,465 35 3,500 #97
1997 3,636 31 3,667 #95
1996 4,112 29 4,141 #86
1995 4,377 50 4,427 #82
1994 4,988 40 5,028 #69
1993 5,845 52 5,897 #56
1992 5,893 48 5,941 #57
1991 6,460 58 6,518 #52
1990 6,782 70 6,852 #51
1989 7,069 97 7,166 #48
1988 7,001 86 7,087 #48
1987 7,457 95 7,552 #41
1986 8,051 108 8,159 #39
1985 8,468 116 8,584 #37
1984 9,005 114 9,119 #35
1983 8,679 127 8,806 #35
1982 7,961 138 8,099 #40
1981 4,863 114 4,977 #58
1980 3,386 88 3,474 #91
1979 2,758 79 2,837 #113
1978 1,812 90 1,902 #152
1977 1,381 107 1,488 #194
1976 873 72 945 #267
1975 361 47 408 #497
1974 234 48 282 #652
1973 101 70 171 #1,111
1972 75 62 137 #1,338
1971 69 56 125 #1,477
1970 70 77 147 #1,454
1969 68 65 133 #1,405
1968 56 74 130 #1,520
1967 53 88 141 #1,542
1966 41 85 126 #1,767
1965 42 92 134 #1,745
1964 47 97 144 #1,688
1963 57 124 181 #1,482
1962 45 138 183 #1,692
1961 70 145 215 #1,330
1960 41 141 182 #1,770
1959 52 138 190 #1,506
1958 65 146 211 #1,312
1957 84 149 233 #1,154
1956 66 132 198 #1,280
1955 43 154 197 #1,560
1954 71 169 240 #1,188
1953 53 156 209 #1,336
1952 66 133 199 #1,173
1951 51 129 180 #1,307
1950 51 106 157 #1,286
1949 47 91 138 #1,336
1948 24 97 121 #1,960
1947 33 90 123 #1,668
1946 20 91 111 #2,106
1945 11 69 80 #2,759
1944 6 58 64 #4,083
1943 — 74 74 —
1942 7 64 71 #3,760
1941 8 76 84 #3,287
1940 5 48 53 #4,391
1939 — 60 60 —
1938 — 56 56 —
1937 7 60 67 #3,455
1936 — 51 51 —
1935 — 59 59 —
1934 — 53 53 —
1933 — 54 54 —
1932 — 73 73 —
1931 — 44 44 —
1930 — 73 73 —
1929 — 56 56 —
1928 — 60 60 —
1927 — 56 56 —
1926 — 55 55 —
1925 — 52 52 —
1924 5 55 60 #5,097
1923 — 70 70 —
1922 — 72 72 —
1921 — 58 58 —
1920 — 57 57 —
1919 — 62 62 —
1918 — 52 52 —
1917 — 69 69 —
1916 — 61 61 —
1915 — 57 57 —
1914 — 56 56 —
1913 — 42 42 —
1912 — 39 39 —
1911 — 32 32 —
1910 — 23 23 —
1909 — 12 12 —
1908 — 14 14 —
1907 — 15 15 —
1906 — 18 18 —
1905 — 14 14 —
1904 — 10 10 —
1903 — 18 18 —
1902 — 13 13 —
1901 — 12 12 —
1900 — 19 19 —
1899 — 13 13 —
1898 — 11 11 —
1897 — 8 8 —
1896 — 13 13 —
1895 — 11 11 —
1894 — 7 7 —
1893 — 7 7 —
1892 — 11 11 —
1891 — 12 12 —
1890 — 12 12 —
1889 — 16 16 —
1888 — 13 13 —
1887 — 10 10 —
1886 — 16 16 —
1885 — 7 7 —
1884 — 9 9 —
1883 — 12 12 —
1882 — 8 8 —
1881 — 7 7 —
1880 — 11 11 —