Lindsey · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lindsey.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

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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 142 recorded years as a table

Lindsey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	100
1881	69
1882	70
1883	115
1884	79
1885	65
1886	144
1887	99
1888	108
1889	145
1890	108
1891	119
1892	90
1893	62
1894	60
1895	94
1896	109
1897	71
1898	90
1899	122
1900	126
1901	113
1902	106
1903	151
1904	78
1905	106
1906	135
1907	102
1908	91
1909	73
1910	118
1911	142
1912	91
1913	82
1914	86
1915	67
1916	69
1917	75
1918	51
1919	63
1920	54
1921	53
1922	66
1923	64
1924	49
1925	47
1926	50
1927	50
1928	54
1929	52
1930	67
1931	42
1932	70
1933	54
1934	51
1935	57
1936	49
1937	56
1938	50
1939	54
1940	41
1941	62
1942	46
1943	52
1944	43
1945	51
1946	56
1947	49
1948	55
1949	51
1950	59
1951	69
1952	68
1953	79
1954	83
1955	75
1956	62
1957	69
1958	69
1959	65
1960	66
1961	68
1962	67
1963	61
1964	49
1965	49
1966	48
1967	50
1968	43
1969	36
1970	41
1971	32
1972	38
1973	45
1974	31
1975	30
1976	46
1977	65
1978	55
1979	46
1980	49
1981	64
1982	76
1983	71
1984	63
1985	63
1986	59
1987	51
1988	45
1989	48
1990	34
1991	29
1992	24
1993	27
1994	21
1995	26
1996	15
1997	16
1998	18
1999	7
2000	9
2001	11
2002	10
2003	9
2004	15
2005	8
2006	7
2007	4
2008	4
2009	6
2010	5
2011	3
2012	5
2013	5
2014	3
2015	6
2016	7
2017	3
2018	6
2020	6
2021	3
2024	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lindsey 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 2024: 7
Rank in 2024: #9,894
How rare: 1 in 246,126 boys
Since 1880: 7,735

Lindsey was last recorded in 2024. 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 1903, at 151 per million boys born.

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

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