Lindy

Girl name

Lindy has been given to 10,672 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It peaked in 1979.

Meaning & origin /ˈlɪndi/

Diminutives with -y.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,672

Peak year

1979 (318 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1885

10-year trend

▲ +111%

Gender split

83% girls / 17% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lindy.

10,744 babies since 1973

10,520 babies since 1910

10,430 babies since 1880

10,338 babies since 1945

11,041 babies since 1919

10,287 babies since 1941

11,101 babies since 1914

10,150 babies since 1950

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