Lindsy
Girl · LIN-zee · Scottish
Lindsy is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “island of the people of Lincoln”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lindsy mean?
Scottish: variant of Lindsay, a Scottish surname from Lindsey in Lincolnshire
“island of the people of Lincoln”
- Say it
- LIN-zee
Is Lindsy a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindsy is a girls' name.
How popular is Lindsy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Lindsy in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lindsy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 81 | #1,777 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,327 |
| 1985 | 118 | #1,193 |
| 1984 | 122 | #1,126 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 129 | #1,093 |
| 1981 | 86 | #1,423 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,998 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
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