Lindy
Girl · LIN-dee · Germanic
Lindy is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,592nd for girls in the US (131 babies).
What does Lindy mean?
Germanic: 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.
- Say it
- LIN-dee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lindy a girl's or a boy's name?
Lindy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 131 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lindy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Lindy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Lindy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,592among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 131about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were named Lindy, making it the 1,592nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 310 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Lindy than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Lindy in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Lindy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #1,592 for this spelling alone.
In 1927, 10% of the babies named Lindy in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 92%, with more girls than boys since 1942.
Lindy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,592 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 90 | #2,103 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,184 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,046 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,154 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,765 |
| 1995 | 81 | #1,772 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,752 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 123 | #1,348 |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,354 |
| 1990 | 131 | #1,249 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,072 |
| 1987 | 143 | #1,070 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,047 |
| 1985 | 148 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 184 | #832 |
| 1982 | 206 | #787 |
| 1981 | 220 | #752 |
| 1980 | 254 | #682 |
| 1979 | 310 | #586 |
| 1978 | 237 | #670 |
| 1977 | 172 | #854 |
| 1976 | 171 | #811 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 129 | #960 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,001 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,445 |
| 1970 | 61 | #1,570 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,465 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,334 |
| 1967 | 56 | #1,495 |
| 1966 | 54 | #1,515 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,323 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 100 | #1,082 |
| 1962 | 142 | #885 |
| 1961 | 155 | #848 |
| 1960 | 126 | #949 |
| 1959 | 138 | #882 |
| 1958 | 147 | #840 |
| 1957 | 169 | #766 |
| 1956 | 139 | #842 |
| 1955 | 120 | #889 |
| 1954 | 121 | #864 |
| 1953 | 114 | #882 |
| 1952 | 98 | #934 |
| 1951 | 99 | #920 |
| 1950 | 89 | #947 |
| 1949 | 82 | #991 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,196 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,586 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
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