Lyndsey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lyndsey: Recorded since 1976, it reached #112 in 1985, and it was last ranked in 2013.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#112highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2013

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#517
1997	#645
1998	#925
1999	#1107
2000	#1095
2001	#2023
2002	#1784
2003	#2727
2004	#3197
2005	#2970
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2012	#4838
2013	#5742

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 32 of the 38 years from 1976 to 2013.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5742 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1976–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #392 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 recorded1976–2013
Highest recorded position: #112 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1976–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #5742 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Girls

Lyndsey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 639 births with the name.

Lyndsey across 3 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.

Lyndsey'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	#392 (1976)	#112 (1985)	#747 (2013)	32 of 38	639 (1976–2013)	62 (1985)
England and Wales · Girls	#517 (1996)	#517 (1996)	#5742 (2013)	14 of 18	200 (1996–2013)	50 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#204 (1997)	#204 (1997)	#286 (2002)	5 of 6	22 (1997–2002)	8 (1997)

Lyndsey 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 Lyndsey in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	20	4 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	408	10 of 10	41
1990s	182	10 of 10	18
2000s	25	7 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1981 and 1982, when recorded births rose by 28, from 9 to 37.

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

Lyndsey 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 2013. Highest recorded position: #112 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Lyndsey'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
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#925	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#645	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#517	50	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#204	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	25	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	31	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	33	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	38	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	48	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	45	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	43	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	42	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	62	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	61	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	53	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	37	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	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 2013, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #112, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

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Lyndsay · #242, 22y
Lynette · #6, 54y
Lynn · #83, 66y

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.

Katy · #111, 41y
Kurtis · #116, 31y
Liva · #107, 36y
Lynsey · #119, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Karolina · #114, 51y
Lana · #114, 43y
Lin · #114, 33y
Wilma · #109, 29y

Lyndsey was ranked #112 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1985. 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.

Lyndsey 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 Lyndsey without appearing here.

Lyndsey moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1981 they stood at #335 and #263 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #167 and #399.
Dianne Compare
In 1979 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #352 and #542.
Carmel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #842 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Judith Compare
In 2008 they stood at #842 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.

Moved ahead of Lyndsey

Hayden Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #835.
Jesse Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2521.
Dylan Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #1909.
Tracy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #4012 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2969.

Moved the opposite way to Lyndsey

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 while Abigail went from #271 to #54.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 while Alexandra went from #263 to #90.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 while Alice went from #138 to #52.
Amy Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 while Amy went from #185 to #26.

Moved the same way as Lyndsey

Alma Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 and Alma from #229 to #660.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 and Deirdre from #9 to #747.
Diane Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 and Diane from #152 to #747.
Eileen Compare
Between 1976 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lyndsey went from #392 to #747 and Eileen from #52 to #374.

What's not yet available

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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 2013. Highest recorded position: #112 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lyndsey

Lyndsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lyndsey across 3 official records

Lyndsey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyndsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lyndsey at a glance

Lyndsey across 3 official records

Lyndsey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lyndsey appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lyndsey

Lyndsey and the names beside it

Lyndsey moved ahead of

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