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.

Lynda

#450 most common girls' name of all time · #829 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#450
Rank overall
#829 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
78,098
Since 2016
275
Peak year
1947 #77
Best rank
#77 1947
Girls Boys peak 4,850/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lynda first appears in 1882. 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 30 30 #4,553
2024 10 10 #9,578
2023 15 15 #7,264
2022 30 30 #4,586
2021 33 33 #4,255
2020 21 21 #5,676
2019 36 36 #4,012
2018 32 32 #4,365
2017 35 35 #4,149
2016 33 33 #4,349
2015 35 35 #4,151
2014 60 60 #2,845
2013 40 40 #3,781
2012 46 46 #3,469
2011 38 38 #3,923
2010 45 45 #3,524
2009 48 48 #3,412
2008 67 67 #2,719
2007 55 55 #3,127
2006 83 83 #2,287
2005 73 73 #2,408
2004 64 64 #2,595
2003 69 69 #2,397
2002 63 63 #2,501
2001 73 73 #2,213
2000 88 88 #1,924
1999 89 89 #1,788
1998 83 83 #1,848
1997 79 79 #1,866
1996 81 81 #1,807
1995 104 104 #1,510
1994 110 110 #1,446
1993 129 129 #1,309
1992 96 96 #1,601
1991 139 139 #1,229
1990 148 148 #1,163
1989 140 140 #1,171
1988 146 146 #1,079
1987 170 170 #951
1986 190 190 #874
1985 200 200 #816
1984 225 225 #729
1983 242 242 #705
1982 333 333 #556
1981 335 335 #556
1980 312 312 #595
1979 266 266 #655
1978 306 306 #567
1977 289 289 #596
1976 297 297 #564
1975 336 336 #523
1974 360 360 #488
1973 436 8 444 #439
1972 531 531 #390
1971 679 679 #358
1970 849 849 #319
1969 1,015 1,015 #278
1968 1,115 6 1,121 #245
1967 1,147 1,147 #247
1966 1,309 1,309 #229
1965 1,605 1,605 #207
1964 1,985 1,985 #188
1963 1,590 5 1,595 #214
1962 1,768 1,768 #204
1961 2,038 2,038 #187
1960 2,122 2,122 #183
1959 2,024 9 2,033 #181
1958 1,741 5 1,746 #195
1957 1,814 1,814 #195
1956 1,759 1,759 #193
1955 1,885 1,885 #178
1954 2,023 7 2,030 #173
1953 2,305 6 2,311 #153
1952 2,812 2,812 #129
1951 3,026 6 3,032 #116
1950 3,300 9 3,309 #107
1949 3,830 3,830 #93
1948 4,167 7 4,174 #84
1947 4,840 10 4,850 #77
1946 3,000 6 3,006 #109
1945 2,469 10 2,479 #111
1944 2,370 2,370 #113
1943 2,413 9 2,422 #115
1942 2,107 8 2,115 #132
1941 1,489 8 1,497 #153
1940 1,267 1,267 #165
1939 764 764 #220
1938 540 540 #272
1937 300 300 #372
1936 203 203 #448
1935 110 110 #618
1934 77 77 #765
1933 68 68 #810
1932 58 58 #926
1931 46 46 #1,033
1930 29 29 #1,440
1929 39 39 #1,200
1928 44 44 #1,153
1927 24 24 #1,734
1926 30 30 #1,491
1925 29 29 #1,541
1924 22 22 #1,884
1923 28 28 #1,574
1922 25 25 #1,691
1921 22 22 #1,880
1920 19 19 #2,034
1919 17 17 #2,089
1918 24 24 #1,654
1917 16 16 #2,126
1916 23 23 #1,599
1915 18 18 #1,825
1914 15 15 #1,760
1913 13 13 #1,692
1912 11 11 #1,757
1911 5 5 #2,525
1910 6 6 #2,186
1909 12 12 #1,246
1908 6 6 #1,909
1907 12 12 #1,165
1906 6 6 #1,785
1903 6 6 #1,646
1898 8 8 #1,307
1896 9 9 #1,163
1895 7 7 #1,338
1893 9 9 #1,062
1892 6 6 #1,344
1888 6 6 #1,206
1884 5 5 #1,099
1882 5 5 #1,006