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.

Lyndsay

#2,062 most common girls' name of all time · #3,522 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2022

Rank among girls
#2,062
Rank overall
#3,522 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
6,716
Since 2016
48
Peak year
1982 #502
Best rank
#495 1983
Girls Boys peak 403/yr
198020002020

Lyndsay first appears in 1973. 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
2022 10 — 10 #9,876
2020 8 — 8 #11,361
2019 6 — 6 #14,185
2017 13 — 13 #8,445
2016 11 — 11 #9,605
2015 11 — 11 #9,668
2014 15 — 15 #7,769
2013 8 — 8 #12,285
2012 27 — 27 #5,172
2011 21 — 21 #6,219
2010 31 — 31 #4,654
2009 42 — 42 #3,763
2008 44 — 44 #3,678
2007 58 — 58 #3,039
2006 62 — 62 #2,829
2005 86 — 86 #2,152
2004 83 — 83 #2,167
2003 75 — 75 #2,272
2002 72 — 72 #2,279
2001 92 — 92 #1,896
2000 128 — 128 #1,443
1999 118 — 118 #1,472
1998 125 — 125 #1,378
1997 145 — 145 #1,238
1996 136 — 136 #1,277
1995 163 — 163 #1,095
1994 204 — 204 #928
1993 212 — 212 #910
1992 265 — 265 #779
1991 261 — 261 #786
1990 294 — 294 #713
1989 306 — 306 #665
1988 333 — 333 #601
1987 337 — 337 #586
1986 349 — 349 #567
1985 392 — 392 #515
1984 362 — 362 #532
1983 393 — 393 #495
1982 403 — 403 #502
1981 275 — 275 #644
1980 208 — 208 #791
1979 162 — 162 #919
1978 119 — 119 #1,103
1977 121 — 121 #1,078
1976 90 — 90 #1,251
1975 24 — 24 #3,047
1974 11 — 11 #5,349
1973 5 — 5 #9,627