How popular is the name Lindsey?

Lindsey ranks 152nd among girls' names in US records, with 300,549 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,436.

Is Lindsey a unisex name?

No. Lindsey is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1984, when 17,517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Lindsay. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#152 of girl names

Pronounced L IH1 N D Z IY0 (ARPABET)

Lindsey is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 300,549 children — the 152nd most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 76% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1984, when 17,517 children were given it.

Lindsay is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1984Girls: 17,517Boys: 187

These spellings sound identical to Lindsey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Lindsey?: Lindsey ranks 152nd among girls' names in US records, with 300,549 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,436.
Is Lindsey a unisex name?: No. Lindsey is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lindsey most popular?: 1984, when 17,517 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Lindsey spelled?: Lindsay. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.