girls:
720 births since 1945
#4996 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1915
#3191 (30th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1915
#5617 (27th percentile)
The name Lynden is the #5,617 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,173 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 27.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,191 (30.4% percentile) for all time with 1,453 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #4,996 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 720 births since 1945.
Lynden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Lynden is available in 99 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (99 years for boys and 42 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 Lynden has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 45.8% of babies named Lynden were boys. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for boys (71.6% boys from 1915 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.9% girls from 2019 to 2023).
For boys, Lynden reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #868) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lynden ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 60.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lynden reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #893) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lynden ranks #926 for girls (2.2% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 50.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lynden".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Lynden is pronounced as LIHN-duhn, which has 2 syllables.
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