Lynsay — girls' name
307 babies named Lynsay in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Lynsay was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Lynsay in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lynsay
The Social Security Administration has registered 307 babies named Lynsay between 1976 and 2006, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynsay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynsay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lynsay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lynsay 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 307 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.
Lynsay at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lynsay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1976
- Peak year (1982)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
307 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 24 births in a single year.
Lynsay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 178 births that decade — 58% of Lynsay's all-time total
Lynsay decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lynsay's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.