How popular is the name Lyndon?

Lyndon ranks 841st among boys' names in US records, with 16,287 births since 1889. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,561.

Is Lyndon a unisex name?

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

1964, when 568 children were given the name. It has been in use for 136 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Linden, Lynden, Lindon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#841 of boy names

Pronounced L IH1 N D AH0 N (ARPABET)

Lyndon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1889. It has been given to 16,287 children — the 841st most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1964, when 568 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Linden, Lynden and Lindon — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Lyndon 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 Lyndon?: Lyndon ranks 841st among boys' names in US records, with 16,287 births since 1889. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,561.
Is Lyndon a unisex name?: No. Lyndon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lyndon most popular?: 1964, when 568 children were given the name. It has been in use for 136 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Lyndon spelled?: Linden, Lynden, Lindon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.