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How popular is “Lynsey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lynsey” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Lynsey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lynsey” 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
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 55 0.000018126 55 100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 100%
1978 105 0.000033083 105 100%
1979 146 0.000043883 146 100%
1980 108 0.000031354 108 100%
1981 155 0.000044806 155 100%
1982 254 0.000072407 254 100%
1983 206 0.00005948 206 100%
1984 223 0.00006392 223 100%
1985 241 0.000067524 241 100%
1986 216 0.000060724 216 100%
1987 227 0.000062957 227 100%
1988 246 0.000066576 246 100%
1989 195 0.000050723 195 100%
1990 186 0.000047059 186 100%
1991 199 0.000051088 199 100%
1992 168 0.000043736 168 100%
1993 177 0.000046946 177 100%
1994 147 0.000039541 147 100%
1995 165 0.000045055 165 100%
1996 133 0.000036466 133 100%
1997 125 0.000034476 125 100%
1998 146 0.000039693 146 100%
1999 122 0.000033028 122 100%
2000 121 0.000032011 121 100%
2001 106 0.000028317 106 100%
2002 99 0.000026483 99 100%
2003 82 0.000021566 82 100%
2004 89 0.000023293 89 100%
2005 74 0.000019247 74 100%
2006 56 0.000014155 56 100%
2007 44 0.000011006 44 100%
2008 30 0.000007632 30 100%
2009 33 0.000008638 33 100%
2010 20 0.000005412 20 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 12 0.000003292 12 100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 11 0.000002998 11 100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

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