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Lyndon

Boy · LIN-dun · English

Lyndon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lime-tree hill”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).

What does Lyndon mean?

English: English surname from a place name

“lime-tree hill”

From a place name meaning lime-tree hill; borne by US president Lyndon Johnson.

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LIN-dun

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Is Lyndon a girl's or a boy's name?

Lyndon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 65 boys in the US.

How popular is Lyndon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 44% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Lyndon, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 48 boys.

Half of all the boys named Lyndon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Lyndon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 48 in 20112025
Lyndon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20247#3,003
20237#2,965
202214#1,789
202120#1,389
202011#2,052
20199#2,399
201821#1,327
201712#2,037
201622#1,309
201521#1,324
201437#891
201323#1,199
201241#840
201148#737
201036#883
200942#771
200833#905
200740#765
200620#1,167
200525#972
200422#1,010
200322#953
200215#1,151
200130#673
200036#589
199937#575
199843#509
199737#545
199637#520

How popular is Lyndon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,183among boys
Babies in 2025
65about 1 in 26,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Lyndon, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,673rd. Its busiest year was 1964, with 515 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904. 16 girls were also named Lyndon in 2025 (6,837th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Lyndon than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Lyndon in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 88 boys in the US were given Lyndon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,597, up from #2,183 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 20% of the babies named Lyndon in the US were girls.

1904Busiest: 515 in 19642025
Lyndon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202565#2,183
202494#1,752
202386#1,851
202294#1,760
2021108#1,591
202095#1,673
2019114#1,494
2018111#1,530
2017155#1,195
2016135#1,326
2015155#1,190
2014147#1,237
2013136#1,277
2012121#1,383
2011123#1,364
2010108#1,503
2009111#1,496
200895#1,633
2007116#1,405
200695#1,551
200585#1,601
200496#1,444
200391#1,436
200264#1,789
200164#1,759
200079#1,510
199984#1,392
199899#1,228
199793#1,239
199685#1,290
199577#1,333
199477#1,328
199384#1,233
199278#1,276
199196#1,111
199094#1,098
1989128#888
198893#1,011
1987100#942
198695#936
198582#1,006
198468#1,083
198372#1,040
198269#1,096
198152#1,270
198053#1,272
197946#1,370
197841#1,452
197746#1,335
197651#1,210
197547#1,238
197451#1,151
197356#1,082
197233#1,473
197142#1,289
197060#1,051
196989#817
196886#799
1967101#732
1966161#591
1965306#442
1964515#345
1963175#594
1962148#632
1961206#549
1960247#505
1959193#560
1958161#605
1957159#607
1956141#637
195595#752
195479#812
195366#883
195263#882
195179#790
195071#805
194974#797
194873#794
194765#860
194669#799
194548#927
194471#735
1943102#628
194278#729
194190#644
194046#939
193941#992
193833#1,125
193731#1,180
193636#1,068
193541#992
193434#1,133
193325#1,330
193230#1,236
193133#1,194
193034#1,215
192936#1,154
192831#1,293
192732#1,293
192634#1,242
192537#1,164
192432#1,287
192330#1,322
192241#1,107
192138#1,159
192037#1,180
191938#1,122
191836#1,152
191728#1,291
191634#1,120
191539#1,015
191421#1,300
191315#1,364
191214#1,267
19116#1,536
191012#927
19090–
19080–
19075#1,344
19068#926
19055#1,232
19046#1,063

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