Lynden — #5669 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lynden

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,469 babies named Lynden between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lynden currently holds the #5669 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 41 babies received it in a single year. Lynden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 745 additional births since 1945.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lynden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynden in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynden 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 1,469 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.