girls:
182 births since 1921
#5534 (3rd percentile)
boys:
425 births since 1926
#4161 (9th percentile)
overall:
607 births since 1921
#7132 (8th percentile)
The name Lyndel is the #7,132 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 607 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,161 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 425 births since 1926. For girls, it ranks #5,534 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 182 births since 1921.
Lyndel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for girls and 1926 for boys). Birth data for Lyndel is available in 49 out of the 76 years between 1921 and 1996 (44 years for boys and 25 years for girls). 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 Lyndel has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.0% of all recorded births being male. In 1996, 100.0% of babies named Lyndel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1926, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1921 to 1925), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.5% boys from 1926 to 1996).
For boys, Lyndel reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #540) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
For girls, Lyndel reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #662) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyndel".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lyndel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Lyndel is pronounced as LIHN-dehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHN-duhl, at 48.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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