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How popular is “Lindy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lindy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lindy” 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 “Lindy” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lindy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lindy” 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
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 5 5 0%
1924 12 0.000005039 6 6 0%
1925 18 0.000007714 8 10 -11%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 -100%
1927 262 0.000112962 27 235 -79%
1928 193 0.000085363 16 177 -83%
1929 98 0.000044705 14 84 -71%
1930 70 0.000031485 6 64 -83%
1931 53 0.000025185 5 48 -81%
1932 50 0.000023682 10 40 -60%
1933 25 0.000012503 7 18 -44%
1934 23 0.000011075 23 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 6 24 -60%
1936 24 0.000011552 16 8 33%
1937 19 0.000008917 8 11 -16%
1938 12 0.000005424 5 7 -17%
1939 28 0.000012707 13 15 -7%
1940 36 0.000015634 18 18 0%
1941 34 0.000013955 17 17 0%
1942 34 0.000012446 22 12 29%
1943 39 0.000013817 24 15 23%
1944 39 0.000014498 24 15 23%
1945 36 0.00001357 26 10 44%
1946 62 0.000019403 35 27 13%
1947 70 0.000019432 43 27 23%
1948 79 0.000022882 57 22 44%
1949 121 0.000034722 82 39 36%
1950 132 0.000037678 89 43 35%
1951 138 0.000037462 99 39 43%
1952 134 0.000035282 98 36 46%
1953 156 0.000040481 114 42 46%
1954 154 0.000038687 121 33 57%
1955 156 0.000038854 120 36 54%
1956 162 0.000039291 139 23 72%
1957 215 0.000051164 169 46 57%
1958 195 0.000047171 147 48 51%
1959 175 0.000042088 138 37 58%
1960 165 0.000039723 126 39 53%
1961 193 0.000046592 155 38 61%
1962 167 0.000041384 142 25 70%
1963 117 0.000029559 100 17 71%
1964 101 0.00002598 88 13 74%
1965 93 0.000025652 68 25 46%
1966 71 0.000020428 54 17 52%
1967 67 0.000019736 56 11 67%
1968 79 0.000023384 69 10 75%
1969 76 0.000021868 64 12 68%
1970 76 0.000021073 61 15 61%
1971 77 0.000022434 72 5 87%
1972 96 0.000030544 86 10 79%
1973 130 0.000043091 118 12 82%
1974 137 0.000045066 129 8 88%
1975 119 0.000039412 112 7 88%
1976 177 0.000058333 171 6 93%
1977 186 0.000058555 172 14 85%
1978 247 0.000077823 237 10 92%
1979 318 0.000095582 310 8 95%
1980 261 0.000075773 254 7 95%
1981 226 0.00006533 220 6 95%
1982 213 0.000060719 206 7 93%
1983 192 0.000055438 184 8 92%
1984 198 0.000056754 191 7 93%
1985 158 0.000044269 148 10 87%
1986 144 0.000040483 144 100%
1987 149 0.000041324 143 6 92%
1988 152 0.000041136 147 5 93%
1989 145 0.000037717 140 5 93%
1990 131 0.000033144 131 100%
1991 126 0.000032347 120 6 90%
1992 123 0.000032021 123 100%
1993 90 0.000023871 90 100%
1994 88 0.000023671 83 5 89%
1995 81 0.000022118 81 100%
1996 84 0.000023031 84 100%
1997 68 0.000018755 68 100%
1998 80 0.00002175 80 100%
1999 79 0.000021387 79 100%
2000 81 0.000021429 74 7 83%
2001 79 0.000021104 79 100%
2002 85 0.000022738 85 100%
2003 87 0.000022881 87 100%
2004 76 0.00001989 76 100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 100%
2006 74 0.000018705 74 100%
2007 100 0.000025014 100 100%
2008 91 0.000023151 91 100%
2009 57 0.000014921 57 100%
2010 48 0.000012988 48 100%
2011 65 0.00001777 65 100%
2012 75 0.000020507 69 6 84%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 100%
2014 65 0.000017537 65 100%
2015 62 0.000016753 62 100%
2016 57 0.000015537 57 100%
2017 58 0.000016218 58 100%
2018 56 0.000015928 56 100%
2019 52 0.000014982 52 100%
2020 72 0.000021553 72 100%
2021 90 0.000026565 90 100%
2022 88 0.000026011 88 100%
2023 100 0.000030201 100 100%
2024 102 0.000030644 102 100%

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