Linday — girls' name
133 babies named Linday in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
133 girls have been named Linday since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 133
- total births
- 1977–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Linday was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Linday in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linday
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Linday between 1977 and 1992, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linday currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linday performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Linday shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linday 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 133 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.
Linday at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Linday popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1977
- Peak year (1985)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
133 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 17 births in a single year.
Linday by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 106 births that decade — 80% of Linday's all-time total
Linday decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Linday's strongest decade
106 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, 1977–1992 (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.