Lindell
Lindell was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 2,792 Americans have been recorded with it between 1913 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,540 Americans named Lindell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lindell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lindell mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lindell is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lindell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,389, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
91 babies in 1949, the peak
Lindell peaked in 1949, when 91 babies were given it (70 boys, #817 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #13,389 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #11,432 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 5 | #13,338 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 6 | #11,593 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #11,608 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 7 | #10,307 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 7 | #10,300 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 11 | #7,301 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 8 | #9,519 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 7 | #10,445 |
Every recorded year (100)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | under 5 | 11 | #7,233 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,724 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 6 | #10,808 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 11 | #6,157 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 7 | #8,369 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #8,098 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 7 | #7,786 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,561 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 13 | #4,686 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 15 | #4,204 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 9 | #6,034 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 14 | #4,137 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 12 | #4,563 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 7 | #6,649 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 20 | #2,812 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 13 | #3,647 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 12 | #3,785 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 10 | #4,226 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 10 | #4,092 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 16 | #2,863 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 16 | #2,920 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 14 | #3,141 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 16 | #2,909 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 23 | #2,204 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 12 | #3,321 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 16 | #2,742 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 15 | #2,770 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 12 | #3,167 | |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,552 | 27 | #1,770 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,161 | 22 | #1,959 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,012 | 15 | #2,494 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,014 | 26 | #1,760 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 18 | #2,179 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 26 | #1,625 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 24 | #1,628 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 16 | #2,004 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 26 | #1,528 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 32 | #1,368 | |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,781 | 31 | #1,421 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 26 | #1,566 | |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,724 | 34 | #1,355 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,701 | 36 | #1,338 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,078 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,727 | 37 | #1,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,187 | 48 | #1,109 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,783 | 48 | #1,107 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,298 | 50 | #1,075 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,307 | 34 | #1,300 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,414 | 52 | #1,040 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,649 | 59 | #936 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,733 | 60 | #919 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,440 | 56 | #938 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,028 | 47 | #1,033 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,182 | 70 | #817 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,773 | 64 | #859 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,192 | 56 | #948 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,546 | 60 | #852 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,547 | 30 | #1,215 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,548 | 51 | #893 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,376 | 58 | #880 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,028 | 37 | #1,130 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,413 | 59 | #830 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,872 | 45 | #957 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,046 | 34 | #1,113 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 31 | #1,190 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 40 | #1,009 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 34 | #1,130 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 33 | #1,154 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 26 | #1,345 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,612 | 29 | #1,242 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 17 | #1,820 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 27 | #1,349 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 30 | #1,318 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 22 | #1,589 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 22 | #1,627 | |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,098 | 23 | #1,622 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,290 | 21 | #1,690 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,436 | 18 | #1,908 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 21 | #1,757 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 22 | #1,675 | |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,763 | 23 | #1,620 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,547 | 20 | #1,799 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,413 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 17 | #1,934 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 17 | #1,954 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 13 | #2,237 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 20 | #1,625 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 7 | #3,250 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 10 | #2,204 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,888 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lindell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,792 Americans recorded as Lindell, 13% are girls and 87% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lindell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lindell, and how old are they?
1,540 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 2,792 Americans ever recorded as Lindell. The median Lindell alive today is 67 years old; half are between 51 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,663 people named Lindell (305 women and girls, 1,358 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,767 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 169 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 764 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 306 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 177 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 81 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 42 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lindell born?
The states with the most babies named Lindell are Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas, with 87% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Missouri and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 487 | not ranked | 6.9× |
| Illinois | 251 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Arkansas | 49 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Kentucky | 36 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 33 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Oklahoma | 26 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| West Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lindell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lindell is most over-represented in Missouri: since 1913 it was given 6.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lindell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 6,548 babies since 1880, Lindell is the second most given (43% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lindell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lindell and names like it
- Compare Lindell and LyndellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLindell peaked in 1949.
- Missouri’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lindell since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Lindell: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Lindell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lindell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.