Lindsay
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIND-zee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,194 for girls
Lindsay is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “island of Lincoln”. In 2025 it ranked 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Lindsay mean?
English: Scottish surname from Lindsey in Lincolnshire
“island of Lincoln”
From a surname taken to Scotland from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, an Old English name meaning island of the Lincoln people.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lindsay a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindsay is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lindsay in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 86 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lindsay in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#81).
Lindsay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 29 | #871 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 40 | #676 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 77 | #455 |
| 1996 | 86 | #412 |
How popular is Lindsay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Lindsay, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 8,622 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Lindsay than any year since 1972.
Half of all the girls named Lindsay in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Lindsay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
- Lindsay 84
- Lyndsey 14
In 1916, 13% of the babies named Lindsay in the US were girls. By 2021 it was 95%, with more girls than boys since 1966.
Lindsay in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,980 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,076 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,763 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,450 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,508 |
| 2018 | 174 | #1,310 |
| 2017 | 217 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 259 | #1,022 |
| 2015 | 328 | #852 |
| 2014 | 433 | #660 |
| 2013 | 412 | #687 |
| 2012 | 396 | #710 |
| 2011 | 435 | #654 |
| 2010 | 492 | #597 |
| 2009 | 575 | #527 |
| 2008 | 848 | #382 |
| 2007 | 1,067 | #316 |
| 2006 | 1,248 | #263 |
| 2005 | 1,398 | #240 |
| 2004 | 1,354 | #241 |
| 2003 | 1,229 | #260 |
| 2002 | 1,241 | #255 |
| 2001 | 1,502 | #210 |
| 2000 | 1,800 | #179 |
| 1999 | 1,849 | #169 |
| 1998 | 1,939 | #161 |
| 1997 | 2,086 | #149 |
| 1996 | 2,397 | #134 |
| 1995 | 2,562 | #125 |
| 1994 | 3,100 | #107 |
| 1993 | 3,664 | #88 |
| 1992 | 4,262 | #81 |
| 1991 | 4,483 | #77 |
| 1990 | 5,040 | #69 |
| 1989 | 5,525 | #63 |
| 1988 | 6,025 | #57 |
| 1987 | 6,530 | #49 |
| 1986 | 6,952 | #46 |
| 1985 | 7,871 | #40 |
| 1984 | 8,510 | #36 |
| 1983 | 8,622 | #36 |
| 1982 | 8,260 | #39 |
| 1981 | 5,843 | #47 |
| 1980 | 4,353 | #71 |
| 1979 | 3,466 | #88 |
| 1978 | 3,123 | #95 |
| 1977 | 2,635 | #110 |
| 1976 | 2,070 | #133 |
| 1975 | 515 | #396 |
| 1974 | 213 | #690 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,015 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,516 |
| 1971 | 77 | #1,376 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,306 |
| 1969 | 61 | #1,517 |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,324 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,640 |
| 1966 | 59 | #1,430 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,575 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1963 | 69 | #1,330 |
| 1962 | 61 | #1,419 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,500 |
| 1959 | 69 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 81 | #1,179 |
| 1957 | 98 | #1,050 |
| 1956 | 83 | #1,132 |
| 1955 | 92 | #1,049 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 95 | #980 |
| 1952 | 125 | #810 |
| 1951 | 112 | #845 |
| 1950 | 116 | #808 |
| 1949 | 83 | #981 |
| 1948 | 68 | #1,069 |
| 1947 | 59 | #1,169 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Nicknames for Lindsay
Names like Lindsay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly Amber Lily Molly Emily Jasmine Jessica Leah Zoe Sydney Hannah Autumn
Other spellings of Lindsay
Names related to Lindsay
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lindsay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lindsay, updated 20 October 2026.