Lindal — boys' name
30 babies named Lindal in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
30 boys have been named Lindal since 1941, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1960.
- 30
- total births
- 1941–1960
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Lindal was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lindal in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lindal
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Lindal between 1941 and 1960, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lindal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Lindal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1942.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lindal performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lindal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lindal 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 30 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.
Lindal at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lindal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1941
- Peak year (1941)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
30 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 7 births in a single year.
Lindal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1942 (Lindal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lindal accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lindal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 24 births that decade — 80% of Lindal's all-time total
Lindal decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lindal's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% 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, 1941–1960 (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.