Meaning and history
Lyndsay is a spelling variant of Lindsay, a Scottish surname transferred to given-name use. The surname ultimately comes from the English region of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, an Old English place name meaning “island” or wetland associated with Lincoln. It became a given name for both sexes, especially in Scotland and later North America. A notable bearer is American historical novelist Lyndsay Faye. The y spellings are modern variants rather than separate etymologies.
20032003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 62 births, rank #2,815
2007: 58 births, rank #3,023
20082008: 44 births, rank #3,645
2009: 42 births, rank #3,737
2010: 31 births, rank #4,608
2011: 21 births, rank #6,148
2012: 27 births, rank #5,114
20132013: 8 births, rank #11,969
2014: 15 births, rank #7,636
2015: 11 births, rank #9,481
2016: 11 births, rank #9,411
2017: 13 births, rank #8,299
20182018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 6 births, rank #13,799
2020: 8 births, rank #11,090
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
20222022: 10 births, rank #9,680
Lyndsay moved from #909 to #927 for girls between 1993 and 1994. Its highest annual birth count came in 1982, with 403 births.