Girls' name · since 1950
Lyndy
Lyndy has 487 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1950
- 2020s
- peak decade
487 babies have been named Lyndy since 1950, making it today's #4896 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lyndy recorded 487 times among girls since 1950, holding rank #4896 nationally today, ahead of 72% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #12,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,896 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 487 born since 1950
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyndy ranks #12,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,896 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 487 born since 1950, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 487
- born since 1950
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lyndy's 487 recorded births place it above 83.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lyndy compares
487 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lyndy's all-time total is 30% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyndy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 487 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyndy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyndy's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyndy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Lyndy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (161 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Lyndy's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lyndy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 23
1950s
23 births
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s
1980s
94 births
- 1990s 61
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
161 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 161 births (33% of all-time use).
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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, 1950–2025 (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 Lyndy 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.