Lindley

Boy · recorded 1895–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1895

0265118951919194219661989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 63 recorded years as a table
Lindley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189551
190638
191226
191318
191414
191513
191615
191715
191813
191912
192016
192115
192211
192312
19245
192510
192612
19279
19289
19298
19307
193111
193213
193316
19346
19358
19368
19378
193812
193910
19408
194110
19427
19434
19447
19458
19467
19475
19487
19498
19507
19519
19527
19535
19544
19555
19565
19573
19583
19594
19602
19614
19623
19637
19644
19655
19685
19704
19743
19784
19793
19833
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lindley isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1895
628

Lindley was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 51 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lindley doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.