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.

Lindy*

#1,553 most common girls' name of all time · #2,687 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1885–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#1,553
Rank overall
#2,687 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
10,672
Since 2016
807
Peak year
1979 #586
Best rank
#586 1979
Girls Boys peak 318/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lindy first appears in 1885. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 131 — 131 #1,592
2024 103 — 103 #1,926
2023 100 — 100 #1,968
2022 88 — 88 #2,158
2021 90 — 90 #2,106
2020 72 — 72 #2,417
2019 52 — 52 #3,087
2018 56 — 56 #2,932
2017 58 — 58 #2,877
2016 57 — 57 #2,935
2015 62 — 62 #2,813
2014 65 — 65 #2,686
2013 62 — 62 #2,774
2012 69 6 75 #2,600
2011 65 — 65 #2,696
2010 48 — 48 #3,363
2009 57 — 57 #3,004
2008 91 — 91 #2,187
2007 100 — 100 #2,039
2006 74 — 74 #2,487
2005 75 — 75 #2,360
2004 76 — 76 #2,289
2003 87 — 87 #2,049
2002 85 — 85 #2,030
2001 79 — 79 #2,101
2000 74 7 81 #2,162
1999 79 — 79 #1,980
1998 80 — 80 #1,902
1997 68 — 68 #2,076
1996 84 — 84 #1,769
1995 81 — 81 #1,778
1994 83 5 88 #1,759
1993 90 — 90 #1,665
1992 123 — 123 #1,352
1991 120 6 126 #1,360
1990 131 — 131 #1,255
1989 140 5 145 #1,173
1988 147 5 152 #1,074
1987 143 6 149 #1,073
1986 144 — 144 #1,049
1985 148 10 158 #1,019
1984 191 7 198 #822
1983 184 8 192 #832
1982 206 7 213 #788
1981 220 6 226 #753
1980 254 7 261 #683
1979 310 8 318 #586
1978 237 10 247 #672
1977 172 14 186 #855
1976 171 6 177 #813
1975 112 7 119 #1,056
1974 129 8 137 #960
1973 118 12 130 #1,003
1972 86 10 96 #1,231
1971 72 5 77 #1,447
1970 61 15 76 #1,571
1969 64 12 76 #1,471
1968 69 10 79 #1,337
1967 56 11 67 #1,495
1966 54 17 71 #1,521
1965 68 25 93 #1,327
1964 88 13 101 #1,174
1963 100 17 117 #1,083
1962 142 25 167 #886
1961 155 38 193 #853
1960 126 39 165 #950
1959 138 37 175 #884
1958 147 48 195 #843
1957 169 46 215 #770
1956 139 23 162 #843
1955 120 36 156 #896
1954 121 33 154 #866
1953 114 42 156 #884
1952 98 36 134 #938
1951 99 39 138 #922
1950 89 43 132 #951
1949 82 39 121 #996
1948 57 22 79 #1,202
1947 43 27 70 #1,422
1946 35 27 62 #1,493
1945 26 10 36 #1,634
1944 24 15 39 #1,711
1943 24 15 39 #1,765
1942 22 12 34 #1,823
1941 17 17 34 #2,042
1940 18 18 36 #1,924
1939 13 15 28 #2,324
1938 5 7 12 #4,412
1937 8 11 19 #3,197
1936 16 8 24 #1,972
1935 6 24 30 #3,804
1934 — 23 23 —
1933 7 18 25 #3,466
1932 10 40 50 #2,866
1931 5 48 53 #4,408
1930 6 64 70 #4,099
1929 14 84 98 #2,342
1928 16 177 193 #2,219
1927 27 235 262 #1,596
1926 — 29 29 —
1925 8 10 18 #3,728
1924 6 6 12 #4,493
1923 5 5 10 #5,031
1922 8 — 8 #3,704
1919 7 — 7 #3,877
1917 5 — 5 #4,665
1916 8 — 8 #3,305
1915 5 — 5 #4,338
1914 6 — 6 #3,254
1913 8 — 8 #2,366
1912 5 — 5 #3,042
1907 6 — 6 #1,894
1904 5 — 5 #1,963
1902 5 — 5 #1,858
1895 7 — 7 #1,366
1885 5 — 5 #1,175