Girls' name · since 1954
Lindee
Lindee has 419 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,154 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lindee currently ranks #13425 among girls' names in America, with 419 babies recorded since 1954.
Lindee has 419 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13425 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #13,154 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,425 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 419 born since 1954
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindee ranks #13,154 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,425 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 419 born since 1954, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,154 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,425 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 419
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lindee's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lindee compares
419 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lindee's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lindee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 419 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lindee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lindee's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lindee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Lindee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (98 births, 23% of the file).
1980s was Lindee's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Lindee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 37
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 98 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Lindee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lindee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1954–2025 (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 Lindee 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.