Lyndel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lyndel

The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Lyndel between 1926 and 1996, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyndel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Lyndel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 182 additional births since 1921.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyndel performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lyndel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lyndel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyndel 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 425 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.