Lindsay Name Popularity

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How popular is Lindsay?

Ranking 1,300th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lindsay is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lindsay has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 36, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1983 and as recently as 1984.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1983 with 8,620 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lindsay was less than 5, most recently in 1935.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lindsay occurred roughly during the years 1941-1950, and 1969-1982, whereas 1957-1960, 1992-2002, 2004-2011, and 2013-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Lindsay has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Lindsay be?

The popularity trend for Lindsay has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Lindsay lately has dropped significantly.

The name Lindsay is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lindsay has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Lindsay (Girl)		Lindsay (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		174	1,300	< 5	--
2017		216	1,147	5	13,430
2016		258	1,026	< 5	--
2015		328	852	9	8,426
2014		433	659	8	9,276
2013		412	685	< 5	--
2012		396	710	< 5	--
2011		433	656	6	11,704
2010		491	597	< 5	--
2009		575	527	5	13,681
2008		848	382	< 5	--
2007		1,066	317	10	7,943
2006		1,248	263	8	9,238
2005		1,398	240	12	6,458
2004		1,354	241	9	7,927
2003		1,229	260	6	10,352
2002		1,241	255	< 5	--
2001		1,502	210	9	7,266
2000		1,800	179	12	5,769
1999		1,848	169	17	4,261
1998		1,938	161	9	6,626
1997		2,086	149	8	7,010
1996		2,397	134	21	3,355
1995		2,562	125	22	3,155
1994		3,100	107	15	4,211
1993		3,664	88	22	3,104
1992		4,264	81	27	2,644
1991		4,485	77	31	2,323
1990		5,039	69	40	1,924
1989		5,525	63	49	1,630
1988		6,025	57	47	1,569
1987		6,533	49	57	1,306
1986		6,950	46	61	1,235
1985		7,872	40	86	989
1984		8,509	36	73	1,049
1983		8,620	36	92	922
1982		8,258	39	84	985
1981		5,845	47	58	1,203
1980		4,355	71	52	1,300
1979		3,467	88	54	1,258
1978		3,122	95	47	1,339
1977		2,635	110	63	1,095
1976		2,070	134	50	1,233
1975		516	396	22	2,101
1974		213	691	36	1,460
1973		115	1,019	22	1,961
1972		62	1,521	35	1,445
1971		77	1,387	38	1,393
1970		82	1,311	41	1,308
1969		61	1,523	45	1,180
1968		70	1,333	47	1,094
1967		48	1,649	41	1,171
1966		61	1,411	56	976
1965		50	1,584	74	857
1964		53	1,566	67	935
1963		69	1,336	92	792
1962		61	1,422	117	711
1961		58	1,475	125	686
1960		54	1,512	152	633
1959		69	1,295	116	713
1958		81	1,185	89	794
1957		98	1,051	96	771
1956		83	1,139	96	751
1955		92	1,051	121	665
1954		77	1,126	95	740
1953		95	982	130	628
1952		125	815	100	701
1951		112	849	106	679
1950		116	810	98	693
1949		83	990	64	861
1948		68	1,079	65	849
1947		59	1,176	61	895
1946		31	1,606	56	885
1945		18	2,026	50	909
1944		22	1,837	37	1,097
1943		15	2,396	51	938
1942		12	2,743	38	1,112
1941		9	3,152	37	1,084
1940		10	2,874	39	1,042
1939		5	4,618	38	1,045
1938		6	4,115	46	935
1937		8	3,314	42	975
1936		15	2,100	44	934
1935		< 5	--	35	1,113
1934		< 5	--	42	1,002
1933		< 5	--	33	1,153
1932		< 5	--	41	1,046
1931		< 5	--	36	1,140
1930		< 5	--	40	1,102
1929		< 5	--	44	1,036
1928		7	4,003	53	931
1927		< 5	--	40	1,140
1926		7	4,103	36	1,208
1925		< 5	--	50	965
1924		< 5	--	52	982
1923		< 5	--	45	1,071
1922		< 5	--	39	1,150
1921		5	5,550	40	1,133
1920		< 5	--	58	907
1919		< 5	--	36	1,181
1918		< 5	--	38	1,120
1917		< 5	--	45	974
1916		6	4,175	42	993
1915		< 5	--	40	1,008
1914		< 5	--	38	892
1913		< 5	--	27	959
1912		< 5	--	17	1,158
1911		< 5	--	9	1,246
1910		< 5	--	12	968
1909		< 5	--	11	931
1908		< 5	--	8	1,074
1907		< 5	--	9	968
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	9	883
1904		< 5	--	13	669
1903		< 5	--	10	761
1902		< 5	--	9	836
1901		< 5	--	5	1,142
1900		< 5	--	15	667
1899		< 5	--	10	685
1898		< 5	--	5	1,234
1897		< 5	--	7	898
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	11	658
1894		< 5	--	5	1,180
1893		< 5	--	21	397
1892		< 5	--	5	1,177
1891		< 5	--	6	913
1890		< 5	--	13	554
1889		< 5	--	10	654
1888		< 5	--	8	787
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	5	1,048
1885		< 5	--	6	889
1884		< 5	--	9	682
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	9	680
1881		< 5	--	8	679
1880		< 5	--	7	781

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.