Is Lindsy a boy or girl name?

Lindsy is a girl’s name. Of the 2,158 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

Lindsy

Recorded 1919–2024 · United States

Lindsy was most popular in 1982, when 129 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,814 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,158 people named Lindsy.

Lindsy over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lindsy’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lindsy a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lindsy is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 2,158 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lindsy

Where Lindsy is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org