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Lindsey
Pronounced /ˈlɪnzi/
Rank in 2024
#1,283
Born in 2024
180
Peak year
1984 · #35
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:7 in 2024 (#10,287)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 180 girls were named Lindsey, about 1 in every 8,962.
- It peaked in 1984 with 9,006 babies, ranked #35.
- It first shows up in the records in 1924.
- 157,390 girls have been named Lindsey since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lindsey per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 3.8Millennials1981–96
- 1.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 986 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,381 babies, 0.45 per 1,000. Millennials: 107,012 babies, 3.79 per 1,000. Gen Z: 34,191 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,771 babies, 0.19 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈlɪnzi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lindsey, CC BY-SA 4.0.