Lynden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LIN-dun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Lynden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lime-tree hill”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Lynden mean?
English: variant of Lyndon, an English place-name surname
“lime-tree hill”
Variant of Lyndon, an English surname borne as a first name by US President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Is Lynden a girl's or a boy's name?
Lynden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Lynden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lynden, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lynden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Lynden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Lyndon 9
- Lynden 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lynden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Lynden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Lynden, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945. 23 boys were also named Lynden in 2025 (4,395th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Lynden in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Lynden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Lynden 35
- Lyndon 16
In 2003, 20% of the babies named Lynden in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 60%, with more girls than boys since 2019.
Lynden in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
Nicknames for Lynden
Names like Lynden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Owen Hayden Hudson Mason Logan Harrison Grayson Riley Ethan Jayden Aiden Lincoln
Other spellings of Lynden
Names related to Lynden
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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, “Lynden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lynden, updated 20 October 2026.