girls:
388 births since 1934
#5328 (7th percentile)
boys:
9.5k births since 1904
#1205 (74th percentile)
overall:
9.9k births since 1904
#2680 (65th percentile)
The name Lyndon is the #2,680 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,931 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 65.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,205 (73.7% percentile) for all time with 9,543 births since 1904. For girls, it ranks #5,328 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 388 births since 1934.
Lyndon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Lyndon is available in 118 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023 (118 years for boys and 28 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 Lyndon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.0% of babies named Lyndon were boys.
For boys, Lyndon reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 50.0% percentile (ranked #331) with 254 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 254 births per million (ranked 50.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Lyndon ranks #830 for boys (8.9% percentile) with 47 births per million, which is 18.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lyndon reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #931) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lyndon ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 42.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyndon".
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