Is Lyndal a boy or girl name?

Lyndal is a unisex name. Of the 712 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 44.0% were girls and 56.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1947, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Lyndal

Recorded 1913–1976 · United States

Lyndal was most popular in 1947, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,988 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 712 people named Lyndal.

Lyndal over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lyndal’s peak in 1947. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lyndal a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lyndal is a unisex name — 44.0% of the 712 Americans given it were girls and 56.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1947 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

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.

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