How popular is the name Lindy?

Lindy ranks 1,525th among girls' names in US records, with 10,540 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 737.

Is Lindy a unisex name?

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

1979, when 310 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,525 of girl names

Pronounced L IH1 N D IY0 (ARPABET)

Lindy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 10,540 children — the 1,525th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1979, when 310 children were given it.

1979Girls: 310Boys: 8

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 Lindy?: Lindy ranks 1,525th among girls' names in US records, with 10,540 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 737.
Is Lindy a unisex name?: No. Lindy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lindy most popular?: 1979, when 310 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.