Feminine dossier · first seen 1966

Lynsey

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

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

254

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1966Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

All-time

4,929

Lynsey 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 1982, when 254 girls were named Lynsey.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 4,929 Americans have been named Lynsey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1966.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

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