Lynsey — #12351 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lynsey

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,929 babies named Lynsey between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lynsey currently holds the #12351 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 254 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lynsey performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,071 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lynsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 358 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Lynsey in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lynsey 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 4,929 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.