Lynley is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Lynley is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,649 for girl births in the United States (and #9,820 across all names), given to 22 babies. Lynley was first reported in SSA data in 1962 and peaked in 2016 (46 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #5,649 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | #5,235 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | #5,328 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,130 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #6,225 |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2018 | 40 | 40 | #3,769 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | #4,275 |
| 2016 | 46 | 46 | #3,449 |
| 2015 | 34 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2014 | 33 | 33 | #4,418 |
| 2013 | 32 | 32 | #4,500 |
| 2012 | 25 | 25 | #5,500 |
| 2011 | 31 | 31 | #4,637 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,096 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | #7,265 |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | #6,714 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | #5,476 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #7,358 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,668 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #10,131 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | #14,690 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,618 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,536 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #10,718 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,490 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | #10,135 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #14,784 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #9,201 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #7,828 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | #6,134 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #8,933 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #4,314 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,650 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #6,177 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #10,311 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #9,855 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #6,495 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,229 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #9,833 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,651 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,484 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #6,197 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,641 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,762 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #6,241 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,595 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,305 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #5,810 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #4,651 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | #3,159 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,692 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | #4,196 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #4,100 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,590 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,526 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,932 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,423 |