Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lynsay” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lynsay” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lynsay” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lynsay” 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
1976 8 0.000002637 8 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 24 0.000006842 24 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 100%
1986 17 0.000004779 17 100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 19 0.000004942 19 100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%

Explore other names

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