Lindell — boys' name
2,435 babies named Lindell in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Lindell was born in this single decade.
70 babies were named Lindell in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lindell
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,435 babies named Lindell between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lindell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 70 babies received it in a single year. Lindell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 357 additional births since 1920.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lindell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 530 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lindell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 486 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lindell in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lindell 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 2,435 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.
Lindell at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lindell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1913
- Peak year (1949)
- 70
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,435 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 70 births in a single year.
Lindell popularity over time — girls
357 total births recorded since 1920 (Lindell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lindell accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lindell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 530 births that decade — 22% of Lindell's all-time total
Lindell decade highlights
- Peak decade 530 births
- Runner-up 491 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lindell's strongest decade
530 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Lindell by state
Where Lindell concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 486 | 20.0% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 251 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 49 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 36 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 33 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 26 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.2% |
486 of 2,435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 20.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 10.3% of nationwide
- Arkansas 2.0% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.5% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 20.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lindell appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2023 (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.