Lynda
Lynda was given to 30 girls in 2025, #4,618 among girls’ names; 78,098 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 57,100 Americans named Lynda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 62 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lynda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lynda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lynda is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Linda.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lynda?
#4,618 among girls’ names, 2025
Lynda fell from #4,195 in 2015 to #4,618 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 19.6 to 18.7 per million.
4,850 babies in 1947, the peak
Lynda peaked in 1947, when 4,850 babies were given it (4,840 girls, #77 among girls’ names). The 30 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,618 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,975 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,493 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,632 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,292 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,765 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,046 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,415 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,194 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,400 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (129)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 35 | #4,195 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,875 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,820 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,504 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,975 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,550 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,441 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,740 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,155 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 83 | #2,299 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,419 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,613 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,398 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,512 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,221 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,927 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,793 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,856 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,871 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,816 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 104 | #1,508 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,447 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 129 | #1,308 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,603 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 139 | #1,227 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 148 | #1,163 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,169 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 146 | #1,080 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 170 | #952 | 0.10 |
| 1986 | 190 | #874 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 200 | #818 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 225 | #729 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 242 | #705 | 0.14 |
| 1982 | 333 | #556 | 0.20 |
| 1981 | 335 | #556 | 0.20 |
| 1980 | 312 | #596 | 0.19 |
| 1979 | 266 | #657 | 0.17 |
| 1978 | 306 | #567 | 0.20 |
| 1977 | 289 | #597 | 0.19 |
| 1976 | 297 | #564 | 0.20 |
| 1975 | 336 | #524 | 0.23 |
| 1974 | 360 | #488 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 436 | #439 | 0.30 |
| 1972 | 531 | #390 | 0.35 |
| 1971 | 679 | #358 | 0.41 |
| 1970 | 849 | #319 | 0.49 |
| 1969 | 1,015 | #279 | 0.60 |
| 1968 | 1,115 | #245 | 0.68 |
| 1967 | 1,147 | #247 | 0.69 |
| 1966 | 1,309 | #230 | 0.77 |
| 1965 | 1,605 | #207 | 0.91 |
| 1964 | 1,985 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,590 | #214 | 0.82 |
| 1962 | 1,768 | #204 | 0.90 |
| 1961 | 2,038 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 1960 | 2,122 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1959 | 2,024 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1958 | 1,741 | #195 | 0.87 |
| 1957 | 1,814 | #195 | 0.89 |
| 1956 | 1,759 | #193 | 0.88 |
| 1955 | 1,885 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1954 | 2,023 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 2,305 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1952 | 2,812 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1951 | 3,026 | #116 | 1.7 |
| 1950 | 3,300 | #107 | 1.9 |
| 1949 | 3,830 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 1948 | 4,167 | #84 | 2.5 |
| 1947 | 4,840 | #77 | 2.7 |
| 1946 | 3,000 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 2,469 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1944 | 2,370 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1943 | 2,413 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,107 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1941 | 1,489 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1940 | 1,267 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1939 | 764 | #220 | 0.70 |
| 1938 | 540 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1937 | 300 | #371 | 0.28 |
| 1936 | 203 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1935 | 110 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 77 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 68 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 58 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,500 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,557 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,905 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,899 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,043 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,123 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,669 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,155 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,728 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,789 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,703 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,308 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,006 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1882 | 5 | #988 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lynda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lynda has been given almost only to girls: 119 boys in 129 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lynda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lynda, and how old are they?
57,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 78,098 Americans ever recorded as Lynda. The median Lynda alive today is 71 years old; half are between 62 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 64,728 people named Lynda (64,691 women and girls, 37 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 63,336 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6,920 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 36,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,930 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,050 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 407 |
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 Lynda born?
The states with the most babies named Lynda are California, Texas and New York, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,570 | #3,353 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 5,924 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| New York | 5,654 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 3,673 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,652 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 3,536 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 3,410 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 2,298 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 2,277 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 2,209 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Lynda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lynda is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Lynda 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 1,553,919 babies since 1880, Lynda is the second most given (5.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 30 of their 560 babies (5.4%), the fourth 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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lynda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lynda and names like it
- Compare Lynda and LindaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLynda peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lynda since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Lynda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lynda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.