Lyndsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIND-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Lyndsey is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “island of Lincoln”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Lyndsey mean?
Scottish: variant of Lindsay, from Lindsey in Lincolnshire
“island of Lincoln”
Variant of Lindsay, a Scottish clan surname taken from the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lyndsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyndsey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyndsey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 70 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lyndsey in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2001. 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: 1984 (#94).
Lyndsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 31 | #811 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 61 | #515 |
| 1996 | 70 | #465 |
How popular is Lyndsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Lyndsey, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 687 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Lyndsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Lyndsey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
- Lindsay 84
- Lyndsey 14
Lyndsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 107 | #1,886 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,830 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,405 |
| 2007 | 161 | #1,453 |
| 2006 | 214 | #1,143 |
| 2005 | 241 | #1,011 |
| 2004 | 260 | #926 |
| 2003 | 264 | #903 |
| 2002 | 252 | #891 |
| 2001 | 340 | #718 |
| 2000 | 392 | #637 |
| 1999 | 370 | #637 |
| 1998 | 372 | #627 |
| 1997 | 417 | #561 |
| 1996 | 385 | #593 |
| 1995 | 413 | #561 |
| 1994 | 504 | #494 |
| 1993 | 490 | #504 |
| 1992 | 546 | #455 |
| 1991 | 601 | #424 |
| 1990 | 687 | #384 |
| 1989 | 606 | #408 |
| 1988 | 660 | #367 |
| 1987 | 623 | #376 |
| 1986 | 663 | #359 |
| 1985 | 635 | #366 |
| 1984 | 657 | #350 |
| 1983 | 669 | #343 |
| 1982 | 634 | #365 |
| 1981 | 423 | #487 |
| 1980 | 264 | #668 |
| 1979 | 239 | #710 |
| 1978 | 174 | #849 |
| 1977 | 104 | #1,183 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Nicknames for Lyndsey
Names like Lyndsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly, Emily, Hannah, Lacey, Jasmine, Holly, Zoe, Leah, Sydney, Amber, Erin, Lily
Other spellings of Lyndsey
Names related to Lyndsey
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Lyndsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyndsey, updated 20 October 2026.