Feminine dossier · first seen 1924

Lindsey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lindsey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1984

Peak rank proxy

9,006

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1924Peak 19842024

Peak year

1984

Decline from peak

98%

2024

180

All-time

157,390

Lindsey once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1984, when 9,006 girls were named Lindsey.

In 2024, only 180 girls were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 157,390 Americans have been named Lindsey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1924.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

19849,006 girls named Lindsey

2024180 girls named Lindsey

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