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.

Lyndel**

#6,510 most common boys' name of all time · #16,285 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1921–1996 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#6,510
Rank overall
#16,285 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
607
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1946 #1,879
Best rank
#1,864 1942
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
194019601980

Lyndel first appears in 1921. 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
1996 — 6 6 #8,148
1990 — 6 6 #7,365
1989 7 — 7 —
1977 — 6 6 #5,355
1970 — 7 7 #4,015
1969 — 6 6 #4,163
1968 — 10 10 #2,842
1967 — 12 12 #2,429
1966 — 8 8 #3,143
1965 — 5 5 #4,188
1964 6 14 20 #2,275
1963 — 12 12 #2,512
1962 8 18 26 #1,946
1961 5 10 15 #2,842
1960 — 10 10 #2,813
1959 — 12 12 #2,499
1958 7 9 16 #2,972
1957 8 11 19 #2,598
1956 5 12 17 #2,466
1955 6 10 16 #2,709
1954 6 8 14 #3,123
1953 — 6 6 #3,674
1952 10 5 15 #4,086
1951 7 10 17 #2,635
1950 14 7 21 #3,260
1949 5 8 13 #2,984
1948 6 — 6 —
1947 8 7 15 #3,320
1946 12 16 28 #1,879
1945 — 12 12 #2,124
1944 — 9 9 #2,619
1943 5 16 21 #1,905
1942 7 16 23 #1,864
1941 8 11 19 #2,324
1940 5 13 18 #2,072
1939 — 12 12 #2,152
1938 — 13 13 #2,083
1937 10 9 19 #2,671
1936 — 7 7 #3,122
1935 — 8 8 #2,933
1934 — 10 10 #2,554
1933 — 8 8 #2,990
1932 — 7 7 #3,340
1931 8 6 14 #3,702
1930 — 8 8 #3,280
1929 6 — 6 —
1926 — 9 9 #3,133
1924 7 — 7 —
1921 6 — 6 —