Lynley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

1registrar recorded it
3times a registrar ranked it
6years from first to last
#88highest recorded position

New Zealand · Girls

Rising

among girls in New Zealand · 1959–1964

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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New Zealand · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1959	#95
1962	#95
1964	#88

VerifiedSource: NZ Department of Internal Affairs — Most Popular Baby Names.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingNew Zealand · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in New Zealand in 3 of the 6 years from 1959 to 1964.

Official data for New Zealand, 1959–1964 · NZ Department of Internal Affairs. Data sources

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #95 among girls in New Zealand in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1959–1964
Highest recorded position: #88 among girls in New Zealand, in 1964 (recorded 1959–1964).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent1964
Most recently recorded at #88 among girls in New Zealand, in 1964.
New Zealand · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for New Zealand from 1959 to 1964. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1964.

Lynley'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
1964	New Zealand	female	#88	80	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#95	77	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#95	71	High	Verified

New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs

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

Lynley was ranked #88 in New Zealand · Girls in 1964. 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.

What is known about Lynley

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1959–1964.
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.

Recorded in official data for New Zealand from 1959 to 1964. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.