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Lindy

Originally this was a masculine name, coming into use in America in 1927 when the dance called the Lindy Hop became popular.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,592

Meaning and history

Lindy was originally a masculine name that came into use in America in 1927, when the Lindy Hop dance became popular; the dance was probably named after aviator Charles Lindbergh. The name was later used as a diminutive of Linda.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 74 births, rank #2,485
2007: 100 births, rank #2,034
2008: 91 births, rank #2,184
2009: 57 births, rank #3,000
2010: 48 births, rank #3,360
20112011: 65 births, rank #2,695
2012: 69 births, rank #2,597
2013: 62 births, rank #2,769
2014: 65 births, rank #2,683
2015: 62 births, rank #2,810
20162016: 57 births, rank #2,934
2017: 58 births, rank #2,873
2018: 56 births, rank #2,928
2019: 52 births, rank #3,085
2020: 72 births, rank #2,416
20212021: 90 births, rank #2,103
2022: 88 births, rank #2,156
2023: 100 births, rank #1,965
2024: 103 births, rank #1,925
20252025: 131 births, rank #1,592

Lindy rose from #834 to #825 for girls between 1983 and 1984. Its highest annual birth count came in 1979, with 310 births.