The name Lindsey is of English origin, and is a variation of Lindsay.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lindsey has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lindsey
Use of the Name Lindsey for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
142,083
142,083
134,666
32,821
13,821
4,761
2,229
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lindsey has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lindsey
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
590
11
1881
750
7
1882
731
8
1883
546
12
1884
683
9
1885
809
7
1886
463
16
1887
614
10
1888
575
13
1889
453
17
1890
584
12
1891
543
12
1892
665
11
1893
881
7
1894
915
7
1895
659
11
1896
615
13
1897
833
8
1898
688
11
1899
568
13
1900
572
19
1901
623
12
1902
634
13
1903
513
18
1904
790
10
1905
653
14
1906
557
18
1907
688
15
1908
727
14
1909
872
12
1910
625
22
1911
526
32
1912
688
39
1913
717
42
1914
692
55
1915
809
57
1916
788
62
1917
754
69
1918
916
53
1919
831
62
1920
918
57
1921
934
57
1922
783
73
1923
798
70
1924
951
55
1925
965
50
1926
889
57
1927
939
54
1928
851
61
1929
892
56
1930
747
73
1931
1932
732
73
1933
843
54
1934
866
53
1935
810
59
1936
856
51
1937
805
59
1938
829
56
1939
788
60
1940
921
48
1941
708
77
1942
822
63
1943
748
75
1944
826
58
1945
741
69
1946
682
90
1947
728
89
1948
683
98
1949
722
90
1950
674
107
1951
626
126
1952
616
132
1953
575
155
1954
563
169
1955
590
155
1956
657
133
1957
633
147
1958
630
148
1959
656
138
1960
659
141
1961
653
145
1962
657
139
1963
699
124
1964
769
98
1965
770
92
1966
801
83
1967
780
88
1968
848
74
1969
962
64
1970
921
76
1971
1972
1973
967
70
1974
647
236
1975
500
359
1976
267
872
986
72
1977
193
1,382
822
107
1978
153
1,812
911
90
1979
113
2,756
998
79
1980
91
3,379
960
88
1981
58
4,867
822
114
1982
40
7,947
754
137
1983
35
8,674
771
127
1984
35
9,005
819
114
1985
37
8,457
834
116
1986
39
8,047
875
107
1987
41
7,454
962
96
1988
48
6,990
1989
48
7,071
1990
51
6,783
1991
52
6,457
1992
57
5,894
1993
56
5,838
1994
69
4,982
1995
81
4,380
1996
86
4,112
1997
94
3,635
1998
97
3,460
1999
96
3,413
2000
103
3,210
2001
105
3,046
2002
121
2,804
2003
131
2,532
2004
145
2,229
Totals:
142,083
6,589
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lindsey as a girl's name about 95% of the time and less frequently (about 4% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lindsey appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 31 times during the last 125 years.