girls:
2.1k births since 1974
#3710 (35th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1919
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1919
#5637 (27th percentile)
The name Lindsy is the #5,637 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,151 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 27.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,710 (35.1% percentile) for all time with 2,146 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1919.
Lindsy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Lindsy is available in 48 out of the 103 years between 1919 and 2021 (47 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lindsy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1919 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1974 to 2021).
For girls, Lindsy reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 15.7% percentile (ranked #669) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 71 births per million (ranked 15.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
For boys, Lindsy reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lindsy".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lindsy", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 60 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lindsey" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lindsey..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lindsy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Lindsy is pronounced as LIHN-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHND-zee, at 24.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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