Girls' name · since 1988
Lyndley
17 babies named Lyndley in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Lyndley since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyndley has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2014.
- #47,929 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyndley ranks #47,929 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lyndley's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyndley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyndley's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyndley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2014
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Lyndley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Lyndley's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Lyndley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyndley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1988–2014 (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 Lyndley 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.