Lynsey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lynsey: Recorded since 1975, it reached #119 in 1984, and it was last ranked in 2010.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#119highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#753
1997	#1126
1998	#1979
1999	#1557
2000	#1995
2001	#2023
2002	#2105
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2010	#4688

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 24 of the 26 years from 1975 to 2000.

In 2000: #348 among girls in Northern Ireland, #465 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1995 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1975–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #321 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2000
Highest recorded position: #119 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1975–2000).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #4688 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010.
England and Wales · Girls

Lynsey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 430 births with the name.

Lynsey 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.

Lynsey'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	#321 (1975)	#119 (1984)	#465 (2000)	24 of 26	430 (1975–2000)	58 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#753 (1996)	#753 (1996)	#4688 (2010)	11 of 15	107 (1996–2010)	30 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#154 (1997)	#154 (1997)	#348 (2000)	3 of 4	22 (1997–2000)	13 (1997)

Lynsey 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 Lynsey in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	42	5 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	291	10 of 10	29
1990s	93	8 of 10	12
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Lynsey 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 1975 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Lynsey'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#753	30	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	34	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	19	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	22	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	36	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	32	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	34	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	58	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	42	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	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 1975 and 2010, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #119, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 22 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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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.

Caspian · #117, 29y
Keeley · #121, 29y
Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Mariell · #119, 45y
Dawid · #122, 49y
Siofra · #116, 48y
Karolina · #114, 51y

Lynsey was ranked #119 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.

Lynsey 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 Lynsey without appearing here.

Lynsey moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 1995 they stood at #516 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #333 and #534.
Heidi Compare
In 1995 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #333 and #534.
Wendy Compare
In 1995 they stood at #516 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #333 and #534.
Belinda Compare
In 1993 they stood at #356 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #309 and #502.

Moved ahead of Lynsey

Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1472.
Ada Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #2301 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1628.
Janice Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1722.
Kristin Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2105 and #2868 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1722.

Moved the opposite way to Lynsey

Abigail Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 while Abigail went from #282 to #82.
Aisling Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 while Aisling went from #43 to #25.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 while Alexandra went from #274 to #87.
Alice Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 while Alice went from #125 to #74.

Moved the same way as Lynsey

Angela Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 and Angela from #58 to #303.
Barbara Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 and Barbara from #71 to #465.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 and Deirdre from #10 to #213.
Diane Compare
Between 1975 and 2000 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lynsey went from #321 to #465 and Diane from #160 to #378.

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 1975 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #119 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lynsey

Lynsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lynsey across 3 official records

Lynsey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lynsey at a glance

Lynsey across 3 official records

Lynsey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lynsey appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lynsey

Lynsey and the names beside it

Lynsey moved ahead of

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