Girls' name · since 1937
Lindalee
340 babies named Lindalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 340
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lindalee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 340 recorded since 1937.
Lindalee has 340 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1973.
- #14,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 340 born since 1937
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindalee ranks #14,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 340 born since 1937, peaking in the 1940s.
- #14,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 340
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lindalee's 340 recorded births place it above 79.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Lindalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lindalee splits its recorded history at 1951: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lindalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1973
- Peak year (1948)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Lindalee by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (188 births, 55% of the file).
1940s was Lindalee's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Lindalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
188 births
- 1950s
1950s
94 births
- 1960s 47
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 188 births (55% of all-time use).
Lindalee by state
Where Lindalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.5% |
18 of 340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Lindalee's decade-level peak was the 1940s (188 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lindalees (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lindalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1937–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lindalee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.