NameTides

Lindy

Lindy was the #1,592 girls' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #1,218 in Canada.

Lindy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Lindy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Lindy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,592 (131)——#1,218 (21)
2024#1,925 (103)——#3,383 (5)
2023#1,965 (100)#5,688 (3)—#1,774 (12)
2022#2,156 (88)——#1,550 (14)
2021#2,103 (90)——#1,681 (13)
2020#2,416 (72)#3,899 (5)—#2,873 (6)
2019#3,085 (52)#5,591 (3)—#2,188 (9)
2018#2,928 (56)———
2017#2,873 (58)——#3,307 (5)
2016#2,934 (57)———
2015#2,810 (62)——#2,891 (6)
2014#2,683 (65)——#2,905 (6)
2013#2,769 (62)——#3,286 (5)
2012#2,597 (69)———
2011#2,695 (65)———

Lindy as a boy’s name

  • US
Lindy as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020
Lindy as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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
YearUS
2012#10,770 (6)
2000#8,209 (7)
1994#8,800 (5)
1991#7,271 (6)
1989#7,905 (5)
1988#7,270 (5)
1987#6,089 (6)
1985#4,052 (10)
1984#4,973 (7)
1983#4,499 (8)
1982#5,003 (7)
1981#5,468 (6)
1980#4,940 (7)
1979#4,403 (8)
1978#3,614 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #586.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2012, 92% of US babies named Lindy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lindy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lindy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: 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: #540MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: #801OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: 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: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Lindy (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
LindyCanadaGirls#1,21821
LindyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LindyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LindyScotlandGirls—too few
LindyUSGirls#1,592131
LindyUSBoys—too few