Lindsey — #1282 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lindsey

The Social Security Administration has registered 157,390 babies named Lindsey between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lindsey currently holds the #1282 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 9,006 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lindsey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 71,941 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lindsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12,758 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Lindsey in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lindsey 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 157,390 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.