Lyndon — #1749 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lyndon

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,640 babies named Lyndon between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyndon currently holds the #1749 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 514 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyndon performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Lyndon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyndon in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lyndon 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 9,640 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.