girls:
4.9k births since 1966
#2418 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1966
#3890 (50th percentile)
The name Lynsey is the #3,890 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,922 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 49.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,418 (57.7% percentile) for all time with 4,922 births since 1966.
Lynsey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (first recorded for girls in 1966). Birth data for Lynsey is available in 51 out of the 56 years between 1966 and 2021. 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.
For girls, Lynsey reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 30.1% percentile (ranked #555) with 140 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 140 births per million (ranked 30.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lynsey".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lynsey", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 60 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lindsey" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lindsey..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lynsey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.6% confident that Lynsey is pronounced as LIHN-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHN-see, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like L IH1 N Z IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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