Lyndi
Girl · LIN-dee · Germanic
Lyndi is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “soft, tender”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Lyndi mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lindy, a pet form of Linda
“soft, tender”
Usually a pet form of Linda, also used for Lindsay and Lynda.
- Say it
- LIN-dee
Is Lyndi a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyndi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyndi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Lyndi, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Lyndi in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 280 girls in the US were given Lyndi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #868, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Lyndi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 66 | #1,938 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,859 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,169 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
Names like Lyndi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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