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% male / 95% female · 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