Lindsay was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #36 in 1983 but is far less common today.
Lindsay is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,208 for girl births in the United States (and #3,995 across all names), given to 84 babies. Lindsay first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1983 (8,622 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | #2,208 | — |
| 2024 | 99 | 99 | #1,985 | — |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | #2,084 | — |
| 2022 | 117 | 117 | #1,770 | — |
| 2021 | 155 | 155 | #1,456 | #10,361 |
| 2020 | 124 | 124 | #1,663 | — |
| 2019 | 144 | 144 | #1,512 | — |
| 2018 | 174 | 174 | #1,311 | — |
| 2017 | 223 | 223 | #1,147 | #11,614 |
| 2016 | 259 | 259 | #1,024 | — |
| 2015 | 337 | 337 | #853 | #8,445 |
| 2014 | 441 | 441 | #662 | #9,293 |
| 2013 | 412 | 412 | #687 | — |
| 2012 | 396 | 396 | #710 | — |
| 2011 | 441 | 441 | #655 | #11,715 |
| 2010 | 492 | 492 | #597 | — |
| 2009 | 580 | 580 | #527 | #13,693 |
| 2008 | 848 | 848 | #382 | — |
| 2007 | 1,077 | 1,077 | #316 | #7,950 |
| 2006 | 1,256 | 1,256 | #263 | #9,246 |
| 2005 | 1,410 | 1,410 | #240 | #6,466 |
| 2004 | 1,363 | 1,363 | #241 | #7,931 |
| 2003 | 1,235 | 1,235 | #260 | #10,356 |
| 2002 | 1,241 | 1,241 | #255 | — |
| 2001 | 1,511 | 1,511 | #210 | #7,271 |
| 2000 | 1,812 | 1,812 | #179 | #5,771 |
| 1999 | 1,866 | 1,866 | #169 | #4,261 |
| 1998 | 1,948 | 1,948 | #161 | #6,628 |
| 1997 | 2,094 | — | #149 | #7,013 |
| 1996 | 2,418 | — | #134 | #3,358 |
| 1995 | 2,584 | — | #125 | #3,156 |
| 1994 | 3,115 | — | #107 | #4,211 |
| 1993 | 3,686 | — | #88 | #3,104 |
| 1992 | 4,289 | — | #81 | #2,644 |
| 1991 | 4,514 | — | #77 | #2,325 |
| 1990 | 5,080 | — | #69 | #1,925 |
| 1989 | 5,574 | — | #63 | #1,631 |
| 1988 | 6,072 | — | #57 | #1,569 |
| 1987 | 6,587 | — | #49 | #1,307 |
| 1986 | 7,013 | — | #46 | #1,236 |
| 1985 | 7,957 | — | #40 | #990 |
| 1984 | 8,583 | — | #36 | #1,050 |
| 1983 | 8,713 | — | #36 | #927 |
| 1982 | 8,344 | — | #39 | #985 |
| 1981 | 5,901 | — | #47 | #1,203 |
| 1980 | 4,405 | — | #71 | #1,302 |
| 1979 | 3,520 | — | #88 | #1,259 |
| 1978 | 3,170 | — | #95 | #1,338 |
| 1977 | 2,698 | — | #110 | #1,096 |
| 1976 | 2,120 | — | #133 | #1,233 |
| 1975 | 537 | — | #396 | #2,102 |
| 1974 | 249 | — | #691 | #1,461 |
| 1973 | 137 | — | #1,019 | #1,961 |
| 1972 | 97 | — | #1,521 | #1,445 |
| 1971 | 115 | — | #1,385 | #1,391 |
| 1970 | 123 | — | #1,312 | #1,308 |
| 1969 | 104 | — | #1,523 | #1,212 |
| 1968 | 117 | — | #1,332 | #1,095 |
| 1967 | 89 | — | #1,649 | #1,171 |
| 1966 | 115 | — | #1,440 | #977 |
| 1965 | 124 | — | #1,585 | #856 |
| 1964 | 120 | — | #1,567 | #935 |
| 1963 | 161 | — | #1,336 | #792 |
| 1962 | 178 | — | #1,423 | #711 |
| 1961 | 183 | — | #1,477 | #686 |
| 1960 | 206 | — | #1,512 | #632 |
| 1959 | 184 | — | #1,296 | #717 |
| 1958 | 171 | — | #1,184 | #788 |
| 1957 | 194 | — | #1,052 | #771 |
| 1956 | 179 | — | #1,137 | #752 |
| 1955 | 214 | — | #1,052 | #661 |
| 1954 | 171 | — | #1,126 | #740 |
| 1953 | 225 | — | #982 | #628 |
| 1952 | 226 | — | #815 | #697 |
| 1951 | 218 | — | #849 | #679 |
| 1950 | 213 | — | #810 | #699 |
| 1949 | 147 | — | #989 | #861 |
| 1948 | 133 | — | #1,079 | #849 |
| 1947 | 120 | — | #1,177 | #895 |
| 1946 | 87 | — | #1,607 | #885 |
| 1945 | 68 | — | #2,026 | #908 |
| 1944 | 59 | — | #1,839 | #1,097 |
| 1943 | 66 | — | #2,396 | #937 |
| 1942 | 50 | — | #2,743 | #1,113 |
| 1941 | 46 | — | #3,152 | #1,083 |
| 1940 | 49 | — | #2,874 | #1,042 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | #4,615 | #1,045 |
| 1938 | 52 | — | #4,116 | #934 |
| 1937 | 50 | — | #3,315 | #976 |
| 1936 | 59 | — | #2,100 | #935 |
| 1935 | 35 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1934 | 42 | — | — | #1,002 |
| 1933 | 33 | — | — | #1,153 |
| 1932 | 41 | — | — | #1,045 |
| 1931 | 36 | — | — | #1,140 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1929 | 44 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1928 | 60 | — | #4,001 | #931 |
| 1927 | 40 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #4,102 | #1,208 |
| 1925 | 50 | — | — | #965 |
| 1924 | 52 | — | — | #982 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | — | #1,071 |
| 1922 | 39 | — | — | #1,150 |
| 1921 | 45 | — | #5,550 | #1,133 |
| 1920 | 58 | — | — | #907 |
| 1919 | 36 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1918 | 38 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1917 | 45 | — | — | #974 |
| 1916 | 48 | — | #4,175 | #993 |
| 1915 | 40 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1914 | 38 | — | — | #892 |
| 1913 | 27 | — | — | #959 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #968 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #931 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #968 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | — | #883 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | — | #669 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | — | #761 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #836 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,142 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | — | #667 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | — | #685 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,234 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #898 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #658 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,180 |
| 1893 | 21 | — | — | #397 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #913 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | — | #554 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | — | #654 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | — | #787 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | — | #889 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #682 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #680 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #679 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #781 |