Lindsey
- Gender
- Girl
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,367 for girls
Lindsey is a girls' name, meaning “pool”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,367th for girls in the US (161 babies).
What does Lindsey mean?
“pool”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lindsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindsey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 161 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lindsey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lindsey, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 106 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lindsey 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.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#99) and 1984 (#79).
Lindsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 54 | #571 |
| 1998 | 60 | #529 |
| 1997 | 80 | #443 |
| 1996 | 106 | #363 |
How popular is Lindsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,367among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 161about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were named Lindsey, making it the 1,367th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,027th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 9,005 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had fewer girls named Lindsey than any year since 1973.
Half of all the girls named Lindsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1924, 8% of the babies named Lindsey in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 96%, with more girls than boys since 1971.
Lindsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,367 |
| 2024 | 180 | #1,284 |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,277 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,304 |
| 2021 | 195 | #1,215 |
| 2020 | 244 | #1,027 |
| 2019 | 276 | #956 |
| 2018 | 323 | #839 |
| 2017 | 315 | #867 |
| 2016 | 364 | #778 |
| 2015 | 477 | #610 |
| 2014 | 534 | #572 |
| 2013 | 504 | #573 |
| 2012 | 579 | #523 |
| 2011 | 647 | #459 |
| 2010 | 804 | #400 |
| 2009 | 1,010 | #327 |
| 2008 | 1,227 | #278 |
| 2007 | 1,555 | #225 |
| 2006 | 1,886 | #186 |
| 2005 | 2,094 | #162 |
| 2004 | 2,255 | #146 |
| 2003 | 2,540 | #132 |
| 2002 | 2,816 | #122 |
| 2001 | 3,050 | #105 |
| 2000 | 3,211 | #103 |
| 1999 | 3,417 | #96 |
| 1998 | 3,465 | #97 |
| 1997 | 3,636 | #95 |
| 1996 | 4,112 | #86 |
| 1995 | 4,377 | #82 |
| 1994 | 4,988 | #69 |
| 1993 | 5,845 | #56 |
| 1992 | 5,893 | #57 |
| 1991 | 6,460 | #52 |
| 1990 | 6,782 | #51 |
| 1989 | 7,069 | #48 |
| 1988 | 7,001 | #48 |
| 1987 | 7,457 | #41 |
| 1986 | 8,051 | #39 |
| 1985 | 8,468 | #37 |
| 1984 | 9,005 | #35 |
| 1983 | 8,679 | #35 |
| 1982 | 7,961 | #40 |
| 1981 | 4,863 | #58 |
| 1980 | 3,386 | #91 |
| 1979 | 2,758 | #113 |
| 1978 | 1,812 | #152 |
| 1977 | 1,381 | #194 |
| 1976 | 873 | #267 |
| 1975 | 361 | #496 |
| 1974 | 234 | #649 |
| 1973 | 101 | #1,109 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,473 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,686 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,689 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,326 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,498 |
| 1958 | 65 | #1,309 |
| 1957 | 84 | #1,152 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,278 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,331 |
| 1952 | 66 | #1,170 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,302 |
| 1950 | 51 | #1,284 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,660 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Names like Lindsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Lindsey
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, “Lindsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lindsey, updated 20 October 2026.