Girls' name · since 1952
Lyndora
52 babies named Lyndora in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lyndora sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 52 recorded since 1952.
Lyndora has 52 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1968.
- #34,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1952
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyndora ranks #34,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1952, peaking in the 1960s.
- #34,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lyndora's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyndora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyndora's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1965 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyndora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1968
- Peak year (1965)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1968.
52 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 11 births in a single year.
Lyndora by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (40 births, 77% of the file).
1960s was Lyndora's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Lyndora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 40 births (77% of all-time use).
Lyndora decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lyndora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1952–1968 (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 Lyndora 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.
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