Lindsey Name Popularity

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How popular is Lindsey?

Ranking 833rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lindsey is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

Position 35, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1983 and as recently as 1984 with 9,007 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lindsey was less than 5, most recently in 1943.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lindsey occurred roughly during the years 1944-1952, 1965-1969, and 1970-1983, whereas 1957-1960, 1993-1997, and 1999-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Lindsey 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 Lindsey be?

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

The name Lindsey still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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

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		Lindsey (Girl)		Lindsey (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		323	833	11	7,372
2017		313	870	6	11,594
2016		364	776	13	6,547
2015		475	611	11	7,345
2014		534	572	5	13,246
2013		503	573	10	7,870
2012		577	524	10	7,895
2011		647	459	6	11,705
2010		801	402	8	9,325
2009		1,007	327	12	7,070
2008		1,227	279	9	8,729
2007		1,555	225	9	8,641
2006		1,886	186	14	5,977
2005		2,094	162	16	5,184
2004		2,254	146	30	3,254
2003		2,541	132	18	4,544
2002		2,815	122	20	4,131
2001		3,050	105	22	3,799
2000		3,211	103	17	4,494
1999		3,417	96	14	4,922
1998		3,465	97	35	2,482
1997		3,637	95	31	2,585
1996		4,112	86	29	2,651
1995		4,377	82	50	1,768
1994		4,987	69	40	2,067
1993		5,844	56	52	1,689
1992		5,895	57	48	1,765
1991		6,458	52	58	1,518
1990		6,781	51	70	1,330
1989		7,067	48	97	1,061
1988		7,001	48	86	1,076
1987		7,454	41	95	970
1986		8,053	39	108	875
1985		8,467	37	116	836
1984		9,007	35	114	820
1983		8,681	35	127	774
1982		7,958	40	138	753
1981		4,863	58	114	825
1980		3,386	91	88	963
1979		2,760	113	79	1,003
1978		1,813	152	90	913
1977		1,380	194	107	826
1976		873	267	72	987
1975		361	497	47	1,247
1974		234	650	48	1,207
1973		101	1,115	70	967
1972		75	1,345	61	1,037
1971		69	1,482	57	1,088
1970		71	1,451	77	913
1969		68	1,411	65	955
1968		57	1,514	74	847
1967		54	1,532	88	781
1966		41	1,784	85	790
1965		41	1,785	92	769
1964		47	1,695	97	771
1963		57	1,486	124	696
1962		45	1,696	138	664
1961		70	1,334	145	652
1960		41	1,778	141	659
1959		52	1,506	138	656
1958		65	1,316	146	639
1957		84	1,156	149	628
1956		66	1,285	132	661
1955		43	1,566	154	592
1954		71	1,192	169	565
1953		53	1,340	156	573
1952		66	1,174	133	616
1951		51	1,310	129	622
1950		51	1,289	106	675
1949		47	1,347	91	720
1948		24	1,983	97	681
1947		33	1,679	90	724
1946		20	2,125	91	676
1945		11	2,849	68	746
1944		6	4,329	59	822
1943		< 5	--	74	758
1942		7	3,953	64	809
1941		8	3,417	76	711
1940		5	4,737	48	924
1939		< 5	--	60	790
1938		< 5	--	56	830
1937		7	3,646	60	796
1936		< 5	--	51	856
1935		< 5	--	59	809
1934		< 5	--	53	867
1933		< 5	--	54	846
1932		< 5	--	73	733
1931		< 5	--	44	1,005
1930		< 5	--	73	747
1929		< 5	--	56	893
1928		< 5	--	60	859
1927		< 5	--	56	920
1926		< 5	--	55	910
1925		< 5	--	52	938
1924		5	5,522	55	950
1923		< 5	--	70	798
1922		< 5	--	72	792
1921		< 5	--	58	929
1920		< 5	--	57	919
1919		< 5	--	62	834
1918		< 5	--	52	928
1917		< 5	--	69	756
1916		< 5	--	61	796
1915		< 5	--	57	808
1914		< 5	--	56	683
1913		< 5	--	42	718
1912		< 5	--	39	686
1911		< 5	--	32	528
1910		< 5	--	23	611
1909		< 5	--	12	875
1908		< 5	--	14	728
1907		< 5	--	15	688
1906		< 5	--	18	559
1905		< 5	--	14	653
1904		< 5	--	10	790
1903		< 5	--	18	513
1902		< 5	--	13	633
1901		< 5	--	12	623
1900		< 5	--	19	571
1899		< 5	--	13	568
1898		< 5	--	11	688
1897		< 5	--	8	831
1896		< 5	--	13	615
1895		< 5	--	11	659
1894		< 5	--	7	915
1893		< 5	--	7	881
1892		< 5	--	11	664
1891		< 5	--	12	543
1890		< 5	--	12	584
1889		< 5	--	16	477
1888		< 5	--	13	575
1887		< 5	--	10	614
1886		< 5	--	16	463
1885		< 5	--	7	809
1884		< 5	--	9	683
1883		< 5	--	12	546
1882		< 5	--	8	731
1881		< 5	--	7	751
1880		< 5	--	11	590

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.