girls:
77.9k births since 1882
#440 (92nd percentile)
boys:
119 births since 1941
#4467 (3rd percentile)
overall:
78.1k births since 1882
#813 (90th percentile)
The name Lynda is the #813 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 78,057 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 89.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #440 (92.3% percentile) for all time with 77,938 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #4,467 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 119 births since 1941.
Lynda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1941 for boys). Birth data for Lynda is available in 127 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (127 years for girls and 16 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 Lynda has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lynda reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 88.9% percentile (ranked #77) with 2,662 births per million. The name was most common in 1947, with 2,662 births per million (ranked 88.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Lynda ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 0.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lynda reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #531) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1973.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lynda".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lynda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Lynda is pronounced as LIHN-duh, which has 2 syllables.
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