Lindy

Boy · recorded 1923–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1927best year

Most popular in 1927.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lindy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

010520919231945196819902012

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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 70 recorded years as a table
Lindy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19235
19245
19259
192626
1927209
1928160
192978
193058
193146
193238
193318
193422
193523
19368
193710
19386
193914
194016
194114
19429
194311
194411
19457
194617
194715
194813
194922
195024
195121
195219
195321
195416
195517
195611
195721
195823
195917
196018
196118
196212
19638
19647
196513
196610
19676
19686
19697
19708
19713
19726
19738
19745
19754
19764
19779
19786
19795
19804
19813
19824
19834
19844
19855
19873
19883
19892
19913
19943
20004
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lindy 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 2012
6
Rank in 2012
#10,770
How rare
1 in 316,157 boys
Since 1923
1,776

Lindy was last recorded in 2012. 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 1927, at 209 per million boys born.

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

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