Lyndell
Lyndell was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,169 among boys’ names; 2,793 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,700 Americans named Lyndell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (61% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 41 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lyndell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lyndell?
#13,169 among boys’ names, 2025
Lyndell fell from #8,445 in 2015 to #13,169 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.7 to 2.9 per million.
61 babies in 1942, the peak
Lyndell peaked in 1942, when 61 babies were given it (40 boys, #1,082 among boys’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 5 | #13,169 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 9 | #8,718 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 6 | #11,709 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,742 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 9 | #8,575 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 9 | #8,475 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 6 | #11,613 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 12 | #6,966 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #11,630 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 7 | #10,320 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 9 | #8,445 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 13 | #6,494 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 7 | #10,316 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 10 | #7,854 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 5 | #13,496 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 7 | #10,570 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 11 | #7,517 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 12 | #6,909 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 15 | #5,689 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 12 | #6,466 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 6 | #10,821 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,103 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #11,779 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #11,643 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 11 | #6,163 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,580 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 12 | #5,340 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 9 | #6,408 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 11 | #5,395 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 12 | #4,987 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 11 | #5,303 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 16 | #3,943 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 17 | #3,683 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 21 | #3,064 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 17 | #3,542 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,722 | 20 | #3,041 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,183 | 10 | #4,636 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 14 | #3,444 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 15 | #3,215 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 22 | #2,399 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 15 | #3,043 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #4,039 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,510 | 14 | #3,219 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,830 | 18 | #2,636 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,387 | 10 | #4,019 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 15 | #2,969 | |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,162 | 14 | #3,013 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,562 | 13 | #3,133 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,186 | 27 | #1,857 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 14 | #2,842 | |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,591 | 27 | #1,771 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,413 | 24 | #1,856 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,428 | 15 | #2,495 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,047 | 28 | #1,693 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,641 | 24 | #1,828 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 26 | #1,626 | |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,993 | 29 | #1,470 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,481 | 33 | #1,328 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,994 | 30 | #1,415 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,689 | 31 | #1,397 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,623 | 38 | #1,275 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,161 | 34 | #1,346 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,695 | 20 | #1,835 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,148 | 37 | #1,313 |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,069 | 37 | #1,313 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,943 | 30 | #1,455 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,748 | 27 | #1,524 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,759 | 37 | #1,291 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,680 | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,170 | 30 | #1,410 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,845 | 23 | #1,615 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,762 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,302 | 25 | #1,534 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,041 | 36 | #1,233 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,093 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,903 | 25 | #1,487 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,924 | 25 | #1,478 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,120 | 26 | #1,467 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,999 | 22 | #1,539 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,039 | 24 | #1,366 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,590 | 20 | #1,559 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,873 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,898 | 40 | #1,082 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,483 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,659 | 32 | #1,197 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,640 | 25 | #1,350 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,519 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,071 | 23 | #1,430 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,463 | 21 | #1,489 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,331 | 17 | #1,736 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,854 | 18 | #1,707 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,625 | 17 | #1,749 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,180 | 25 | #1,411 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,511 | 34 | #1,185 |
| 1930 | under 5 | 18 | #1,788 | |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,000 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,625 | 10 | #2,769 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,748 | 22 | #1,678 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,127 | 10 | #2,828 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,546 | 15 | #2,144 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,277 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,419 | 12 | #2,545 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,701 | 8 | #3,430 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,300 | 15 | #2,224 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,677 | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,356 | 6 | #3,999 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,611 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,396 | 11 | #2,506 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,946 | 8 | #3,080 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,479 | 7 | #3,262 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,206 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,967 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lyndell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,793 Americans recorded as Lyndell, 30% are girls and 70% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lyndell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lyndell, and how old are they?
1,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 61% of the 2,793 Americans ever recorded as Lyndell. The median Lyndell alive today is 60 years old; half are between 41 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 1,695 people named Lyndell (535 women and girls, 1,160 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,859 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 161 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 612 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 424 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 255 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 138 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 103 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 7,371 babies since 1880, Lyndell is the most given (38% of them).
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 Lyndell
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 Lyndell and names like it
- Compare Lyndell and LindellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLyndell peaked in 1942.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lyndell since 1910.
- The top names of 1942The year the most babies were named Lyndell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lyndell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.