Linsey

Linsey was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Linsey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Linsey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020US
Linsey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#11,932 (7)————
2024#13,477 (6)————
2023#8,055 (13)————
2022#11,231 (8)————
2021#10,292 (9)————
2019#7,716 (14)————
2018#8,617 (12)————
2017#7,092 (16)————
2016#7,602 (15)————
2015#6,236 (20)————
2014#5,025 (27)————
2013#5,834 (22)————
2012#4,387 (33)————
2011#5,207 (26)————
2010#4,974 (28)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #631.
  • First recorded in the US in 1948.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Linsey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 440,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LinseyCanadaGirls—too few
LinseyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LinseyIrelandGirls—too few
LinseyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LinseyScotlandGirls—too few
LinseyUSGirls#11,9327
LinseyUSBoys—too few