Lyndi — #3899 US girls' name
1,917 babies named Lyndi in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Lyndi was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Lyndi in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyndi
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,917 babies named Lyndi between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lyndi currently holds the #3899 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyndi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 524 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lyndi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyndi in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyndi 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 1,917 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.
Lyndi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lyndi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1954
- Peak year (1989)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
Currently ranks #3899 among girls.
1,917 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 66 births in a single year.
Lyndi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 524 births that decade — 27% of Lyndi's all-time total
Lyndi decade highlights
- Peak decade 524 births
- Runner-up 321 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lyndi's strongest decade
524 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Lyndi by state
Where Lyndi concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 123 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 26 | 1.4% |
| #3 | California | | 24 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 15 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Utah | | 14 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
123 of 1,917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.8% of nationwide
- Utah 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lyndi appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1954–2024 (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.