Lind — unisex name
90 babies named Lind in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
90 girls have been named Lind since 1946, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1972.
- 90
- total births
- 1946–1972
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Lind was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Lind in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lind
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Lind between 1946 and 1972, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lind currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Lind is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 29 additional births since 1928.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lind performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lind shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lind in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 90 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lind at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lind popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1946
- Peak year (1960)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
90 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 10 births in a single year.
Lind popularity over time — boys
29 total births recorded since 1928 (Lind as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Lind accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lind by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 39 births that decade — 43% of Lind's all-time total
Lind decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Lind's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.