girls:
828 births since 1907
#4888 (14th percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1915
#2843 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1907
#5120 (34th percentile)
The name Lyndell is the #5,120 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,779 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 33.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,843 (38.0% percentile) for all time with 1,951 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #4,888 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 828 births since 1907.
Lyndell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Lyndell is available in 110 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (108 years for boys and 68 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 Lyndell has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lyndell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1927, the name was more popular for girls (56.0% girls from 1907 to 1926), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.1% boys from 1927 to 2023).
For boys, Lyndell reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #516) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Despite a low point around 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Lyndell ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lyndell reached its peak popularity in 1944, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #599) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1944, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% 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 "Lyndell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lyndell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Lyndell is pronounced as LIHN-dehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lihn-DEHL, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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