Lynda
#450 most common girls' name of all time · #829 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |