Lynsey
Lynsey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 693rd, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1982254 births
- Best rank
- #693in 1982
- Since 1966
- 4,929people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,929 girls have been named Lynsey in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 254 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 254 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 42%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Lynsey was the 693rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Lynsey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tarinpeak 1985
- Meghanpeak 1985
- Linseypeak 1985
- Casseypeak 1986
- Lyndseypeak 1990
- Lindseypeak 1984
- Briannepeak 1979
- Thaopeak 1984
Other spellings in the data
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.