Recorded 1885–2025 · United States
Lindy was most popular in 1979, when 318 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,024 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,940, with 131 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,672 people named Lindy.
Lindy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 116 of the 141 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,672 American births named Lindy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 8,805 are estimated to be alive today.
131 American babies were named Lindy in 2025, ranking #2,940 that year.
Lindy is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 102 births a year, against 66 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +56% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Lindy is mostly a girl’s name — 83.4% of the 10,672 Americans given it were girls and 16.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1942 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. 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.
Roughly 8,805 Americans named Lindy are alive today — 83% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 45 years old, and half are between 30 and 62. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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