Boys' name · since 1930
Lindwood
Lindwood has 69 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,940 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 69
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lindwood is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 69 have been recorded since 1930.
Lindwood has 69 recorded births among boys since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1957.
- #19,940 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 69 born since 1930
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lindwood ranks #19,940 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1930, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,940 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 69
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lindwood's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Lindwood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lindwood's full recorded timeline at 1950, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1953 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lindwood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1957
- Peak year (1953)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Lindwood by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (36 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Lindwood's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Lindwood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 36 births (52% of all-time use).
Lindwood by state
Where Lindwood concentrates geographically, total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 8.7% |
6 of 69 births nationwide.
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- North Carolina records the most Lindwoods (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lindwood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1930–1957 (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 Lindwood 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.