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.

Lyndsay: Recorded since 1976, it reached #242 in 1984, and it was last ranked in 2008.

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

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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

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 Irelandhas 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.

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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1976 and 2008, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #242, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 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.

Lynden · #817, 28y
Lyndon · #271, 34y
Lyndsey · #112, 36y
Lynette · #6, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Arham · #241, 27y
Keely · #241, 26y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Johnathon · #238, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Kelley · #242, 29y
Edda · #243, 30y
Emlyn · #240, 34y
Garth · #240, 15y

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.

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 2,573 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 Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #5545.
Rhonda Compare
In 1983 they stood at #438 and #438 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #242 and #414.
Judith Compare
In 1992 they stood at #417 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #356 and #516.
Tina Compare
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 Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #985.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1802 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Maja Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1802 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1571.
Jayden Compare
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 Compare
Between 1984 and 1993 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsay went from #242 to #356 while Ashleigh went from #516 to #184.

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 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

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lyndsay

Lyndsay and the names beside it

Lyndsay moved ahead of

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Lyndsay at a glance

Lyndsay across 2 official records

Lyndsay by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyndsay appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lyndsay

Lyndsay and the names beside it

Lyndsay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lyndsay

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