Lynda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lynda: Recorded since 1953, it reached #48 in 1959, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

5registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#48highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#1823
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2010	#3156
2018	#5666
2020	#4535

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 Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 42 years from 1964 to 2005.

In 2001: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3998 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1953–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #98 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1970
Highest recorded position: #48 among girls in New Zealand, in 1959 (recorded 1954–1970).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Lynda appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 37 ranked years and 892 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1953.

Lynda across 4 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.

Lynda'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#194 (1964)	#140 (1970)	#689 (2005)	37 of 42	892 (1964–2005)	45 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1823 (1998)	#4535 (2020)	12 of 25	58 (1996–2020)	9 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#61 (1954)	#48 (1959)	#91 (1970)	17 of 17	1,972 (1954–1970)	146 (1959)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#98 (1953)	#76 (1964)	#96 (1968)	14 of 16	1,245 (1953–1968)	104 (1967)

Lynda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lynda in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	128	6 of 10	21
1970sbusiest	345	10 of 10	35
1980s	322	10 of 10	32
1990s	85	8 of 10	11
2000s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lynda 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 5 regions, from 1953 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #48 in New Zealand in 1959.

Lynda'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New Zealand	female	#91	75	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#85	77	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#72	100	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#76	87	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#52	126	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#56	121	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#52	133	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#69	116	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#59	131	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#59	131	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#62	121	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#48	146	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#50	134	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#49	138	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#55	116	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#52	123	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#61	97	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	11	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	15	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	29	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	21	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	25	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	38	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#187	30	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	43	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	45	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	39	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	36	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	30	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	38	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	37	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	40	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	27	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	29	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	42	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	26	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	29	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	24	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1953 and 2020, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #48, first reached in 1959.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in New Zealand in 1959.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 44 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.

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.

Lyn · #362, 14y
Lyna · #2706, 18y
Lynden · #817, 28y
Lyndon · #271, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Justine · #47, 52y
Isobel · #50, 60y
Ronnie · #46, 60y
Blair · #41, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Morgan · #48, 65y
Terence · #48, 74y
Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Douglas · #47, 70y

Lynda was ranked #48 in New Zealand · Girls in 1959. 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.

Lynda 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 Lynda without appearing here.

Lynda moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Debra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #4688.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Lynda

Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3156 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1234.
Hayden Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1741.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3156 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Lynda

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 while Aisling went from #154 to #31.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 while Alexandra went from #222 to #81.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 while Charlotte went from #171 to #67.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 while Ciara went from #146 to #6.

Moved the same way as Lynda

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 and Alice from #57 to #82.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 and Audrey from #85 to #461.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 and Deirdre from #14 to #398.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2005 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynda went from #194 to #689 and Eileen from #17 to #347.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1953 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #48 in New Zealand in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lynda

Lynda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lynda across 4 official records

Lynda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Names published alongside Lynda

Lynda and the names beside it

Lynda moved ahead of

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Lynda at a glance

Lynda across 4 official records

Lynda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lynda

Lynda and the names beside it

Lynda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lynda

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