Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lindley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lindley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lindley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lindley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lindley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lindley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lindley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lindley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 -100%
1916 13 0.00000672 13 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 12 0.000005687 12 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 16 0.000006854 16 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 13 0.000005662 13 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 5 6 -9%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 5 11 -38%
1946 17 0.00000532 5 12 -41%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 7 15 -36%
1950 17 0.000004852 5 12 -41%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 14 0.000003686 14 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 6 10 -25%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1957 6 0.000001428 6 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 6 5 9%
1961 17 0.000004104 8 9 -6%
1962 12 0.000002974 5 7 -17%
1963 22 0.000005558 7 15 -36%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 5 9 -29%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 10 6 25%
1979 14 0.000004208 9 5 29%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 13 5 44%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 100%
1988 91 0.000024628 91 100%
1989 43 0.000011185 38 5 77%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 11 0.000002991 11 100%
1999 11 0.000002978 11 100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 100%
2004 17 0.000004449 17 100%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 24 0.000006003 24 100%
2008 18 0.000004579 18 100%
2009 27 0.000007068 27 100%
2010 26 0.000007035 26 100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2012 30 0.000008203 30 100%
2013 33 0.000009052 33 100%
2014 37 0.000009983 37 100%
2015 29 0.000007836 29 100%
2016 31 0.00000845 31 100%
2017 31 0.000008668 31 100%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 100%
2019 17 0.000004898 17 100%
2020 19 0.000005688 19 100%
2021 21 0.000006198 21 100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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