Lindley
Lindley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 198891 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1943
- 1,615people given the name
The story in the numbers
987 girls have been named Lindley in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 91 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.
Lindley is used for both sexes: 39% of its bearers are boys (628), most of them born around 1920.
By decade
In 1988, its biggest year
Lindley was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Lindley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elysepeak 1987
- Charlypeak 2014
- Anpeak 2010
- Naishapeak 2010
- Parisapeak 1991
- Cherishpeak 2007
- Princesspeak 2006
- Shifrapeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.