Lindi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIN-dee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lindi is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lindi mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lindy; pet form of Linda or Melinda
A pet form of Linda; the Lindy Hop swing dance is said to be named after aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Meaning borrowed from Lindy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lindi a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lindi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lindi, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Lindi in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Lindi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Lindi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Names like Lindi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Bobbi, Dani, Lauren, Lani, Andi, Leilani, Leah, Amy, Allison, Nicole, Lori
Other spellings of Lindi
Names related to Lindi
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lindi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lindi, updated 20 October 2026.