Lynda

Boy · recorded 1941–1973

  • 1973last recorded
  • 1945best year

Most popular in 1945.

Last recorded in 1973. 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 Lynda.

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 1941

04719411949195719651973

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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 16 recorded years as a table
Lynda, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19417
19426
19436
19457
19464
19475
19484
19505
19513
19533
19543
19582
19594
19632
19683
19735

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lynda 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1973
8
Rank in 1973
#3,694
How rare
1 in 194,822 boys
Since 1941
119

Lynda was last recorded in 1973. 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 1945, at 7 per million boys born.

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

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