Lyndsay

femaleStatistical record

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

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

3registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#242highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2008

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1802
1998	#3848
1999	#2770
2001	#3262
2004	#4598
2006	#5061
2008	#4524

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 14 of the 18 years from 1976 to 1993.

In 1997: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1802 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2008 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1976–1993
Highest recorded position: #242 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1976–1993).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #4524 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008.
England and Wales · Girls

Lyndsay appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 105 births with the name.

Lyndsay 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.

Lyndsay'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	#429 (1976)	#242 (1984)	#356 (1993)	14 of 18	105 (1976–1993)	16 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#1434 (1996)	#4524 (2008)	8 of 13	43 (1996–2008)	12 (1996)

Lyndsay 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 Lyndsay in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	76	9 of 10	8
1990s	25	4 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Ireland has recorded the most births with →

Lyndsay appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1976 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Lyndsay'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
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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.

Where Lyndsay is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Lyndsay, between 1976 and 2008, in 22 of those 33 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1976–1993	14	#242 in 1984
England and Wales	1996–2008	8	#1434 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997	1	#358 in 1997

Its high point came 13 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1984) than in Northern Ireland (1997).

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1976; it appears again in 1981.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Lyndsay was ranked #242 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.

Alicia#242
Clara#242
Esther#242
Janette#242
Alana#252
Carolyn#252
Dympna#252
Eibhlin#252

Lyndsay 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lyndsay without appearing here.

Lyndsay moved ahead of

Debra
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Rhonda
In 1983 they stood at #438 and #438 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #242 and #414.
Judith
In 1992 they stood at #417 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #356 and #516.
Tina
In 1992 they stood at #417 and #338 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #356 and #516.

Moved ahead of Lyndsay

Amalie
In 2003 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #985.
Finley
In 1997 they stood at #1802 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Maja
In 1997 they stood at #1802 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1571.
Jayden
In 1997 they stood at #1802 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1823.

Moved the opposite way to Lyndsay

Ashleigh
Between 1984 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsay went from #242 to #356 while Ashleigh went from #516 to #184.

What is known about Lyndsay

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 3 official registrars, 1976–2008.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 3 regions, from 1976 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lyndsay

Lyndsay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lyndsay across 2 official records

Lyndsay by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyndsay appears in

Popularity data

Where Lyndsay is officially recorded

Names published alongside Lyndsay

Lyndsay and the names beside it

Lyndsay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lyndsay

Moved the opposite way to Lyndsay

What is known about Lyndsay

Lyndsay at a glance

Lyndsay across 2 official records

Lyndsay by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyndsay appears in

Names published alongside Lyndsay

Lyndsay and the names beside it

Lyndsay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lyndsay

Moved the opposite way to Lyndsay