Lyndal — boys' name
399 babies named Lyndal in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Lyndal was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lyndal in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyndal
The Social Security Administration has registered 399 babies named Lyndal between 1913 and 1976, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyndal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Lyndal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 313 additional births since 1916.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyndal performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lyndal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lyndal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyndal 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 399 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.
Lyndal at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lyndal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1913
- Peak year (1941)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
399 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 15 births in a single year.
Lyndal popularity over time — girls
313 total births recorded since 1916 (Lyndal as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lyndal accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lyndal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 104 births that decade — 26% of Lyndal's all-time total
Lyndal decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lyndal's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Lyndal by state
Where Lyndal concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.5% |
6 of 399 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.