Lindley
Girl · LIND-lee · English
Lindley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lime-tree clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Lindley mean?
English: English place-name surname, from Old English lind + leah
“lime-tree clearing”
- Say it
- LIND-lee
Is Lindley a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lindley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Lindley, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had fewer girls named Lindley than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Lindley in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lindley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,490 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
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