Lyndon
Lyndon is given to both girls and boys: 16 girls and 65 boys were given it in 2025 (#7,013 among girls’ names and #2,199 among boys’, #4,098 among all names counting both); 10,120 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,880 Americans named Lyndon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 15 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lyndon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lyndon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lyndon is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
/ˈlɪn.dən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lyndon?
#2,199 among boys’ names, 2025
Lyndon fell from #1,196 in 2015 to #2,199 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 80.9 to 38.1 per million.
520 babies in 1964, the peak
Lyndon peaked in 1964, when 520 babies were given it (515 boys, #346 among boys’ names). The 81 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 16% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,199 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,762 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,859 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 94 | #1,767 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 108 | #1,595 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,677 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,503 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,536 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 155 | #1,200 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 135 | #1,328 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 155 | #1,196 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 147 | #1,239 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,283 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,388 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,368 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,511 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,508 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 95 | #1,636 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,408 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 95 | #1,556 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,609 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,449 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,444 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,801 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,770 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,528 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,398 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 99 | #1,232 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 93 | #1,246 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,293 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,340 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,332 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,237 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,278 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,115 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,104 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 128 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,017 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 100 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 95 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,287 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,382 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,164 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,058 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 89 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 86 | #803 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 101 | #733 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 161 | #592 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 306 | #444 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 515 | #346 | 0.26 |
| 1963 | 175 | #595 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 148 | #635 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 206 | #549 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 247 | #506 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 193 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1958 | 161 | #605 | 0.08 |
| 1957 | 159 | #609 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 141 | #638 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 95 | #753 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 79 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 66 | #884 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 63 | #891 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 79 | #793 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 71 | #812 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 74 | #800 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 73 | #796 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 65 | #864 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 69 | #803 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 48 | #936 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 71 | #740 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 102 | #632 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 78 | #729 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 90 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 46 | #947 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,000 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,140 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,083 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,142 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,249 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,168 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,317 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,177 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,171 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,030 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,416 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,322 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,659 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 12 | #968 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 8 | #974 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,350 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,153 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lyndon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,120 Americans recorded as Lyndon, 4% are girls and 96% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lyndon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lyndon, and how old are they?
7,880 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 10,120 Americans ever recorded as Lyndon. The median Lyndon alive today is 36 years old; half are between 15 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 7,982 people named Lyndon (414 women and girls, 7,568 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,692 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 203 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,910 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,090 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,750 |
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).
Where are babies named Lyndon born?
The states with the most babies named Lyndon are Texas, California and New York, with 44% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,158 | #1,528 | 1.5× |
| California | 485 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 437 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 289 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 207 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 207 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 176 | #1,360 | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 162 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 161 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 154 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Lyndon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lyndon is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lyndon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 19,707 babies since 1880, Lyndon is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 81 of their 358 babies (23%), the second most given that year.
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.
More about Lyndon and names like it
- Compare Lyndon and LindenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLyndon peaked in 1964.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lyndon since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Lyndon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Lyndon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lyndon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.