Lynda — #9531 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lynda

The Social Security Administration has registered 77,948 babies named Lynda between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynda currently holds the #9531 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 4,840 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynda performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 27,952 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lynda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,565 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynda in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynda 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 77,948 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.