Lynden
Recorded 1915–2025 · United States
Lynden was most popular in 2016, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,226 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,272 people named Lynden.
Lynden over time
How old is the name Lynden?
Lynden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1915, which makes it about 110 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 101 of the 111 years since.
How many people are named Lynden?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,272 American births named Lynden 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 1,917 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lynden in 2025?
58 American babies were named Lynden in 2025, ranking #5,081 that year.
Is Lynden getting more or less popular?
Lynden is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 52 births a year, against 59 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -11% 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.
Is Lynden a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lynden is a unisex name — 34.3% of the 2,272 Americans given it were girls and 65.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 59% girls and 41% 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.
How old is someone named Lynden?
Roughly 1,917 Americans named Lynden are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 9 and 32.
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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org