Girls' name · since 1988
Lindsea
70 babies named Lindsea in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
70 girls have been named Lindsea since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lindsea recorded 70 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2001.
- #31,135 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindsea ranks #31,135 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,135 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lindsea's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lindsea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lindsea splits its recorded history at 1995: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lindsea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2001
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Lindsea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Lindsea's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Lindsea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (83% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lindsea's data
- Lindsea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- 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 Lindsea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
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, 1988–2001 (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 Lindsea 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.