Girls' name · since 1940
Lindalou
Since 1940, U.S. Social Security records show 85 babies named Lindalou, peaking in 1947. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
85 girls have been named Lindalou since 1940, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lindalou has 85 recorded births among girls since 1940, 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 1940 to 1955.
- #28,973 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 1940
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindalou ranks #28,973 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1940, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1940
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lindalou's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lindalou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lindalou splits its recorded history at 1947: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lindalou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1955
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Lindalou by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (69 births, 81% of the file).
1940s was Lindalou's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Lindalou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
69 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 69 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Lindalou's decade-level peak was the 1940s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Lindalou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1940–1955 (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 Lindalou 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.