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Lindsey

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~158,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,367 among girls
Births in 2025
161 165,286 since 1880
Typical age
36 years, median

Lindsey popularity over time

Lindsey rank by birth year, 1924–2025Lindsey ranked #5,061 in 1924 and #1,367 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #35, in 1983.#100#1,000#1,367best #35 in 198319401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1924–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1984 is the peak year for Lindsey, with 9,119 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 20 years put Lindsey in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #1,367, on 161 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 67%. Year on year the rank dropped by 83.

Babies named Lindsey per yearPeaks at 9,119 births in 1984.9,119 in 1984018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lindsey?

An estimated 158,700 living Americans are called Lindsey. SSA has recorded 165,286 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lindsey?

The typical living Lindsey is 36 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Lindsey a late 20th-century name.

Your Lindsey

Ages of living people named LindseyHalf of living Lindseys are older than 36 and half younger.median 36020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lindsey is most common

The name is concentrated in Utah, at 1.7× the national rate. Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas follow.

Where Lindsey is used more than average5 states use the name Lindsey more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.6× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 1.7× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 1.6× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.4× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 1.4× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lindsey is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 43 1.7×
Kentucky 44 1.6×
Indiana 70 1.6×
Arkansas 24 1.4×
Maryland 47 1.4×

Is Lindsey a boy's or a girl's name?

95% girls5% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 95.3% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Lindsey in England and Wales

ONS recorded 3 births named Lindsey in 2025, ranking it #5,927. That is 25% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Lindsey comes from

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + ēġ (“island (of land)”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Lindsey

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lindsey Vonn American alpine skier 1984 63
Lindsey Graham American politician and attorney 1955–2026 59
Lindsey Stirling American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer 1986 43
Lindsey Buckingham American musician 1949 34
Lindsey Morgan American actress 1990 34
Lindsey Jacobellis American snowboarder 1985 28
Lindsey Heaps American soccer player 1994 28
Lindsey Shaw American actress 1989 26
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 408 in 1975 to 945 in 1976 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Lindsey

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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