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Lindsey
Pronounced /ˈlɪnzi/
Rank in 2024
#10,287
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1954 · #562
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:180 in 2024 (#1,283)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 boys were named Lindsey, about 1 in every 245,045.
- It peaked in 1954 with 169 babies, ranked #562.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 7,735 boys 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
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,094 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,088 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,426 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,200 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,342 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 272 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 80 babies, 0.00 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.