Lindy is an established variant of Linda that peaked in 1979 and has grown less common since.
Lindy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,604 for girl births in the United States (and #2,954 across all names), given to 131 babies. Lindy was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1979 (310 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | 131 | #1,604 | — |
| 2024 | 103 | 103 | #1,936 | — |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | #1,978 | — |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | #2,166 | — |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | #2,110 | — |
| 2020 | 72 | 72 | #2,432 | — |
| 2019 | 52 | 52 | #3,119 | — |
| 2018 | 56 | 56 | #2,952 | — |
| 2017 | 58 | 58 | #2,890 | — |
| 2016 | 57 | 57 | #2,951 | — |
| 2015 | 62 | 62 | #2,831 | — |
| 2014 | 65 | 65 | #2,703 | — |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | #2,795 | — |
| 2012 | 75 | 75 | #2,615 | #11,689 |
| 2011 | 65 | 65 | #2,713 | — |
| 2010 | 48 | 48 | #3,392 | — |
| 2009 | 57 | 57 | #3,029 | — |
| 2008 | 91 | 91 | #2,198 | — |
| 2007 | 100 | 100 | #2,048 | — |
| 2006 | 74 | 74 | #2,498 | — |
| 2005 | 75 | 75 | #2,372 | — |
| 2004 | 76 | 76 | #2,302 | — |
| 2003 | 87 | 87 | #2,053 | — |
| 2002 | 85 | 85 | #2,041 | — |
| 2001 | 79 | 79 | #2,110 | — |
| 2000 | 81 | 81 | #2,166 | #8,757 |
| 1999 | 79 | 79 | #1,990 | — |
| 1998 | 80 | 80 | #1,912 | — |
| 1997 | 68 | — | #2,092 | — |
| 1996 | 84 | — | #1,776 | — |
| 1995 | 81 | — | #1,780 | — |
| 1994 | 88 | — | #1,763 | #9,694 |
| 1993 | 90 | — | #1,673 | — |
| 1992 | 123 | — | #1,354 | — |
| 1991 | 126 | — | #1,364 | #7,855 |
| 1990 | 131 | — | #1,255 | — |
| 1989 | 145 | — | #1,171 | #8,704 |
| 1988 | 152 | — | #1,075 | #8,034 |
| 1987 | 149 | — | #1,073 | #6,622 |
| 1986 | 144 | — | #1,053 | — |
| 1985 | 158 | — | #1,022 | #4,232 |
| 1984 | 198 | — | #825 | #5,329 |
| 1983 | 192 | — | #834 | #4,742 |
| 1982 | 213 | — | #788 | #5,366 |
| 1981 | 226 | — | #753 | #5,950 |
| 1980 | 261 | — | #682 | #5,286 |
| 1979 | 318 | — | #586 | #4,671 |
| 1978 | 247 | — | #674 | #3,744 |
| 1977 | 186 | — | #857 | #2,994 |
| 1976 | 177 | — | #815 | #5,342 |
| 1975 | 119 | — | #1,059 | #4,602 |
| 1974 | 137 | — | #963 | #4,045 |
| 1973 | 130 | — | #1,004 | #2,956 |
| 1972 | 96 | — | #1,230 | #3,266 |
| 1971 | 77 | — | #1,452 | #5,359 |
| 1970 | 76 | — | #1,578 | #2,460 |
| 1969 | 76 | — | #1,472 | #2,632 |
| 1968 | 79 | — | #1,341 | #2,838 |
| 1967 | 67 | — | #1,502 | #2,553 |
| 1966 | 71 | — | #1,523 | #1,936 |
| 1965 | 93 | — | #1,333 | #1,579 |
| 1964 | 101 | — | #1,177 | #2,370 |
| 1963 | 117 | — | #1,085 | #2,010 |
| 1962 | 167 | — | #886 | #1,607 |
| 1961 | 193 | — | #851 | #1,291 |
| 1960 | 165 | — | #952 | #1,262 |
| 1959 | 175 | — | #886 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 195 | — | #843 | #1,111 |
| 1957 | 215 | — | #768 | #1,145 |
| 1956 | 162 | — | #843 | #1,669 |
| 1955 | 156 | — | #893 | #1,263 |
| 1954 | 154 | — | #870 | #1,321 |
| 1953 | 156 | — | #885 | #1,147 |
| 1952 | 134 | — | #941 | #1,234 |
| 1951 | 138 | — | #924 | #1,163 |
| 1950 | 132 | — | #953 | #1,080 |
| 1949 | 121 | — | #997 | #1,139 |
| 1948 | 79 | — | #1,204 | #1,589 |
| 1947 | 70 | — | #1,427 | #1,436 |
| 1946 | 62 | — | #1,495 | #1,370 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | #1,636 | #2,330 |
| 1944 | 39 | — | #1,726 | #1,859 |
| 1943 | 39 | — | #1,774 | #1,958 |
| 1942 | 34 | — | #1,835 | #2,217 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | #2,062 | #1,729 |
| 1940 | 36 | — | #1,934 | #1,662 |
| 1939 | 28 | — | #2,365 | #1,841 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | #4,696 | #3,048 |
| 1937 | 19 | — | #3,316 | #2,279 |
| 1936 | 24 | — | #1,987 | #2,765 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | #4,018 | #1,413 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | #3,614 | #1,685 |
| 1932 | 50 | — | #2,953 | #1,069 |
| 1931 | 53 | — | #4,706 | #952 |
| 1930 | 70 | — | #4,320 | #813 |
| 1929 | 98 | — | #2,383 | #670 |
| 1928 | 193 | — | #2,246 | #454 |
| 1927 | 262 | — | #1,602 | #388 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1925 | 18 | — | #3,882 | #2,859 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #4,787 | #4,148 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #5,369 | #4,610 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,859 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,067 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,983 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,432 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,656 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,426 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,449 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,222 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,958 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,035 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,929 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,373 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,133 | — |