Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lynda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lynda” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lynda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lynda” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 100%
1915 18 0.000009823 18 100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 100%
1918 24 0.000011054 24 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 100%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 100%
1922 25 0.000010921 25 100%
1923 28 0.000012161 28 100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 100%
1927 24 0.000010348 24 100%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 100%
1929 39 0.000017791 39 100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 100%
1931 46 0.000021859 46 100%
1932 58 0.000027471 58 100%
1933 68 0.000034009 68 100%
1934 77 0.000037076 77 100%
1935 110 0.000052634 110 100%
1936 203 0.00009771 203 100%
1937 300 0.000140801 300 100%
1938 540 0.00024406 540 100%
1939 764 0.00034673 764 100%
1940 1267 0.000550227 1267 100%
1941 1497 0.000614425 1489 8 99%
1942 2115 0.00077421 2107 8 99%
1943 2421 0.000857732 2412 9 99%
1944 2370 0.000881015 2370 100%
1945 2479 0.000934446 2469 10 99%
1946 3006 0.000940755 3000 6 100%
1947 4850 0.001346354 4840 10 100%
1948 4175 0.001209262 4168 7 100%
1949 3830 0.001099066 3830 100%
1950 3309 0.000944522 3300 9 99%
1951 3032 0.000823077 3026 6 100%
1952 2812 0.000740389 2812 100%
1953 2311 0.000599692 2305 6 99%
1954 2030 0.00050996 2023 7 99%
1955 1885 0.00046948 1885 100%
1956 1759 0.000426627 1759 100%
1957 1814 0.000431684 1814 100%
1958 1746 0.000422361 1741 5 99%
1959 2033 0.000488938 2024 9 99%
1960 2123 0.000511096 2123 100%
1961 2037 0.000491756 2037 100%
1962 1768 0.000438126 1768 100%
1963 1595 0.000402961 1590 5 99%
1964 1985 0.000510597 1985 100%
1965 1605 0.000442704 1605 100%
1966 1309 0.00037662 1309 100%
1967 1147 0.00033786 1147 100%
1968 1121 0.000331813 1115 6 99%
1969 1015 0.000292059 1015 100%
1970 849 0.000235407 849 100%
1971 679 0.000197823 679 100%
1972 531 0.000168947 531 100%
1973 444 0.000147172 436 8 96%
1974 360 0.000118421 360 100%
1975 336 0.000111281 336 100%
1976 297 0.000097881 297 100%
1977 289 0.000090981 289 100%
1978 306 0.000096412 306 100%
1979 266 0.000079952 266 100%
1980 312 0.000090579 312 100%
1981 335 0.000096838 335 100%
1982 333 0.000094927 333 100%
1983 242 0.000069875 242 100%
1984 225 0.000064493 225 100%
1985 200 0.000056036 200 100%
1986 190 0.000053415 190 100%
1987 170 0.000047149 170 100%
1988 146 0.000039512 146 100%
1989 140 0.000036416 140 100%
1990 148 0.000037445 148 100%
1991 139 0.000035684 139 100%
1992 96 0.000024992 96 100%
1993 129 0.000034215 129 100%
1994 110 0.000029589 110 100%
1995 104 0.000028399 104 100%
1996 81 0.000022209 81 100%
1997 79 0.000021789 79 100%
1998 83 0.000022565 83 100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 100%
2000 88 0.000023281 88 100%
2001 73 0.000019501 73 100%
2002 63 0.000016853 63 100%
2003 69 0.000018147 69 100%
2004 64 0.00001675 64 100%
2005 73 0.000018986 73 100%
2006 83 0.00002098 83 100%
2007 55 0.000013758 55 100%
2008 67 0.000017045 67 100%
2009 48 0.000012565 48 100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 100%
2011 38 0.000010389 38 100%
2012 46 0.000012577 46 100%
2013 40 0.000010972 40 100%
2014 60 0.000016188 60 100%
2015 35 0.000009457 35 100%
2016 33 0.000008995 33 100%
2017 34 0.000009507 34 100%
2018 32 0.000009102 32 100%
2019 36 0.000010372 36 100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 100%
2021 33 0.00000974 33 100%
2022 30 0.000008868 30 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Lynda:

  1. Lynard
  2. Lynasia
  3. Lynaya
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  5. Lyncoln
  6. Lynda (this page)
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  8. Lyndal
  9. Lyndale
  10. Lyndall
  11. Lyndan