NameTides

Lindsay

Lindsay was the #2,194 girls' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #1,974 in Canada.

Lindsay as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lindsay as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Lindsay as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,194 (84)————#1,974 (11)
2024#1,980 (99)————#2,259 (9)
2023#2,076 (93)————#2,203 (9)
2022#1,763 (117)————#1,362 (17)
2021#1,450 (148)————#1,049 (25)
2020#1,654 (124)————#1,359 (17)
2019#1,508 (144)————#1,032 (25)
2018#1,310 (174)#3,518 (6)———#1,122 (22)
2017#1,141 (217)————#1,023 (25)
2016#1,022 (259)#4,096 (5)———#831 (33)
2015#852 (328)#4,736 (4)———#843 (32)
2014#660 (433)#5,691 (3)———#1,035 (25)
2013#687 (412)#5,742 (3)———#807 (34)
2012#710 (396)#4,171 (5)———#710 (40)
2011#654 (435)————#520 (59)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1983 at #36.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lindsay is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lindsay by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Lindsay (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LindsayCanadaGirls#1,97411
LindsayCanadaBoys—too few
LindsayEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LindsayIrelandGirls—too few
LindsayNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LindsayNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LindsayNSWBoys—too few
LindsayScotlandGirls—too few
LindsayScotlandBoys—too few
LindsayUSGirls#2,19484
LindsayUSBoys—too few