Lynda
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Lynda is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Lynda mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Linda.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lynda a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lynda in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lynda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2007. 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: 1944 (#73), 1954 (#49) and 1964 (#93).
Lynda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 2 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Lynda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Lynda, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1947, with 4,840 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Lynda in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lynda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,390 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,919 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,804 |
| 1995 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,441 |
| 1993 | 129 | #1,306 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,597 |
| 1991 | 139 | #1,225 |
| 1990 | 148 | #1,159 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 146 | #1,076 |
| 1987 | 170 | #950 |
| 1986 | 190 | #873 |
| 1985 | 200 | #816 |
| 1984 | 225 | #728 |
| 1983 | 242 | #705 |
| 1982 | 333 | #556 |
| 1981 | 335 | #556 |
| 1980 | 312 | #594 |
| 1979 | 266 | #655 |
| 1978 | 306 | #567 |
| 1977 | 289 | #596 |
| 1976 | 297 | #564 |
| 1975 | 336 | #523 |
| 1974 | 360 | #488 |
| 1973 | 436 | #439 |
| 1972 | 531 | #390 |
| 1971 | 679 | #358 |
| 1970 | 849 | #319 |
| 1969 | 1,015 | #278 |
| 1968 | 1,115 | #245 |
| 1967 | 1,147 | #247 |
| 1966 | 1,309 | #229 |
| 1965 | 1,605 | #207 |
| 1964 | 1,985 | #188 |
| 1963 | 1,590 | #214 |
| 1962 | 1,768 | #204 |
| 1961 | 2,038 | #187 |
| 1960 | 2,122 | #183 |
| 1959 | 2,024 | #181 |
| 1958 | 1,741 | #195 |
| 1957 | 1,814 | #195 |
| 1956 | 1,759 | #193 |
| 1955 | 1,885 | #178 |
| 1954 | 2,023 | #173 |
| 1953 | 2,305 | #153 |
| 1952 | 2,812 | #129 |
| 1951 | 3,026 | #116 |
| 1950 | 3,300 | #107 |
| 1949 | 3,830 | #93 |
| 1948 | 4,167 | #84 |
| 1947 | 4,840 | #77 |
| 1946 | 3,000 | #109 |
| 1945 | 2,469 | #111 |
| 1944 | 2,370 | #113 |
| 1943 | 2,413 | #115 |
| 1942 | 2,107 | #132 |
| 1941 | 1,489 | #153 |
| 1940 | 1,267 | #165 |
| 1939 | 764 | #219 |
| 1938 | 540 | #272 |
| 1937 | 300 | #371 |
| 1936 | 203 | #446 |
| 1935 | 110 | #618 |
| 1934 | 77 | #764 |
| 1933 | 68 | #808 |
| 1932 | 58 | #923 |
| 1931 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,434 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,482 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,867 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,023 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Lynda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Linda, Laura, Robyn, Billie, Lisa, Charlotte, Lana, Ella, Alice, Jessica, Holly
Names related to Lynda
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles, Lottie
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, “Lynda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynda, updated 20 October 2026.