Lindy
Lindy was given to 131 girls in 2025, #1,604 among girls’ names; 10,672 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,690 Americans named Lindy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 29 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lindy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lindy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lindy is “a diminutive of the female given names Linda, Lindsay, and Linnet.”
Diminutives with -y.
/ˈlɪndi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lindy?
#1,604 among girls’ names, 2025
Lindy rose from #2,831 in 2015 to #1,604 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 34.7 to 81.5 per million.
318 babies in 1979, the peak
Lindy peaked in 1979, when 318 babies were given it (310 girls, #586 among girls’ names). The 131 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,604 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,936 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,978 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,166 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,110 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,432 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,118 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,951 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,890 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,951 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62 | #2,831 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,701 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,794 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,615 | 6 | #11,682 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,712 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,391 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,028 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,198 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,048 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,498 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,369 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,299 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,051 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,038 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,106 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,162 | 7 | #8,749 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,987 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,909 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,089 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,774 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,776 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,758 | 5 | #9,688 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,669 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 123 | #1,351 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,360 | 6 | #7,848 |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,251 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,168 | 5 | #8,696 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,074 | 5 | #8,027 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,073 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,053 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 148 | #1,022 | 10 | #4,227 |
| 1984 | 191 | #825 | 7 | #5,325 |
| 1983 | 184 | #834 | 8 | #4,740 |
| 1982 | 206 | #788 | 7 | #5,364 |
| 1981 | 220 | #753 | 6 | #5,948 |
| 1980 | 254 | #682 | 7 | #5,284 |
| 1979 | 310 | #586 | 8 | #4,669 |
| 1978 | 237 | #674 | 10 | #3,743 |
| 1977 | 172 | #857 | 14 | #2,993 |
| 1976 | 171 | #815 | 6 | #5,340 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,059 | 7 | #4,600 |
| 1974 | 129 | #963 | 8 | #4,043 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,004 | 12 | #2,954 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,230 | 10 | #3,264 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,452 | 5 | #5,357 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,578 | 15 | #2,459 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,472 | 12 | #2,631 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,341 | 10 | #2,837 |
| 1967 | 56 | #1,502 | 11 | #2,552 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,523 | 17 | #1,935 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,333 | 25 | #1,578 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,177 | 13 | #2,369 |
| 1963 | 100 | #1,085 | 17 | #2,009 |
| 1962 | 142 | #886 | 25 | #1,606 |
| 1961 | 155 | #851 | 38 | #1,290 |
| 1960 | 126 | #951 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1959 | 138 | #885 | 37 | #1,290 |
| 1958 | 147 | #842 | 48 | #1,110 |
| 1957 | 169 | #767 | 46 | #1,144 |
| 1956 | 139 | #842 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1955 | 120 | #892 | 36 | #1,262 |
| 1954 | 121 | #869 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1953 | 114 | #884 | 42 | #1,146 |
| 1952 | 98 | #940 | 36 | #1,233 |
| 1951 | 99 | #923 | 39 | #1,162 |
| 1950 | 89 | #952 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1949 | 82 | #996 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,203 | 22 | #1,588 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,426 | 27 | #1,435 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,494 | 27 | #1,369 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,635 | 10 | #2,329 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,725 | 15 | #1,858 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,773 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,834 | 12 | #2,216 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,062 | 17 | #1,729 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,933 | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,365 | 15 | #1,841 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,694 | 7 | #3,047 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,315 | 11 | #2,279 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,987 | 8 | #2,764 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,016 | 24 | #1,413 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 23 | #1,450 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,613 | 18 | #1,685 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,951 | 40 | #1,069 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,704 | 48 | #952 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,318 | 64 | #813 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,382 | 84 | #670 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,245 | 177 | #454 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,601 | 235 | #388 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 29 | #1,369 | |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,881 | 10 | #2,857 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,785 | 6 | #4,146 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,368 | 5 | #4,607 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,857 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,065 | under 5 | |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,981 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,430 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,654 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,425 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,447 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,220 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,957 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,034 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,928 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,373 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,133 | under 5 |
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 Lindy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,672 Americans recorded as Lindy, 83% are girls and 17% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Lindy every year since 1949. In 2025 it went to 131 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lindy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lindy, and how old are they?
8,690 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 10,672 Americans ever recorded as Lindy. The median Lindy alive today is 45 years old; half are between 29 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 9,032 people named Lindy (8,230 women and girls, 802 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,512 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 145 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,060 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,230 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,210 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 990 |
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 Lindy born?
The states with the most babies named Lindy are California, Texas and Illinois, with 43% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 854 | #2,956 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 848 | #2,545 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 276 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 270 | #851 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 244 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 209 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 192 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 148 | #1,800 | 0.4× |
| New York | 142 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Utah | 124 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Lindy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lindy is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 girls’ 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 Lindy 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,552,137 babies since 1880, Lindy is the third most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 131 of their 532 babies (25%), the second most given that year.
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.
More about Lindy and names like it
- Compare Lindy and LindaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLindy peaked in 1979.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lindy since 1910.
- The top names of 1979The year the most babies were named Lindy.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Lindy alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.