Girls' name · since 1947
Lynde
432 babies named Lynde in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 432
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lynde is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 432 have been recorded since 1947.
Social Security Administration records show Lynde recorded 432 times among girls since 1947, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2011.
- #12,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 432 born since 1947
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lynde ranks #12,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 432 born since 1947, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 432
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lynde's 432 recorded births place it above 82.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lynde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lynde splits its recorded history at 1976: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lynde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2011
- Peak year (1980)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Lynde by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (135 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Lynde's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Lynde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 37
1950s
37 births
- 1960s
1960s
61 births
- 1970s
1970s
124 births
- 1980s
1980s
135 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 135 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Lynde's decade-level peak was the 1980s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lynde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1947–2011 (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 Lynde 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.