Linsey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Linsey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Linsey: Recorded since 1978, it reached #343 in 1984, and it was last ranked in 2009.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#343highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2152
1998	#3142
2000	#2416
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2008	#5545
2009	#4564

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 9 of the 14 years from 1996 to 2009.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1978–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #522 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1978–1990
Highest recorded position: #343 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1978–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #4564 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009.
England and Wales · Girls

Linsey appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 9 ranked years and 41 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1978.

Linsey across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Linsey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#4564 (2009)	9 of 14	41 (1996–2009)	7 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#522 (1978)	#343 (1984)	#446 (1990)	8 of 13	35 (1978–1990)	8 (1984)

Linsey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1978 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #343 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Linsey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1978 and 2009, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #343, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,564position in 2009, its most recent recorded year
18 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1984Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aoise · #343, 15y
Chole · #343, 12y
Bridin · #344, 19y
Adedamola · #347, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Evonne · #343, 10y
Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Cathryn · #344, 26y
Florian · #342, 44y

Linsey was ranked #343 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Linsey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Linsey without appearing here.

Linsey moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5545 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #5556.
Camilla Compare
In 1989 they stood at #521 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #517.
Jeanette Compare
In 1989 they stood at #521 and #356 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #517.
Lara Compare
In 1989 they stood at #521 and #422 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #446 and #517.

Moved ahead of Linsey

Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #809.
Dylan Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2191.
Kristine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2191.
Jayden Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2152 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1823.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1978 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #343 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Linsey

Linsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Linsey across 2 official records

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Linsey

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Linsey at a glance

Linsey across 2 official records

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Linsey

Linsey and the names beside it

Linsey moved ahead of

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