Boys' name · since 1922
Lindle
Lindle has 53 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1944 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lindle sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 53 recorded since 1922.
Lindle has 53 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1922 to 1953.
- #21,780 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 53 born since 1922
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindle ranks #21,780 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1922, peaking in the 1940s.
- #21,780 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1922
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lindle's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lindle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lindle splits its recorded history at 1944: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1944 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lindle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1953
- Peak year (1944)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Lindle by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (25 births, 47% of the file).
1940s was Lindle's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lindle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 25 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Lindle's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 1950s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1922–1953 (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 Lindle 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.