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How popular is the name Lindsey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lindseys are alive today.
Lindsey (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 360 babies were given the name, the 79th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 6,100 babies have been named Lindsey in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Lindsey is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lindsay; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lindsey you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Lindseys born in England and Wales are between 37 and 50, and there are at least 8,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Lindsey.
How many babies are named Lindsey each year?
Includes all spellings: Lindsey, Lindsay. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lindsey spelling rank?
Where does the Lindsay spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lindsey most popular?
Lindsey peaked in 1984, when around 360 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Lindsey?
At least 8,100 people named Lindsey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lindsey?
Most living Lindseys are between 37 and 50; the most common age is about 42.
Is Lindsey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.