Lindsay
About Lindsay
Lindsay is one of the few truly unisex names (rather than being a name that has changed genders). Over time the ey ending was usually reserved for women and the ay ending reserved for men, although both spellings are overwhelmingly female these days.
Pronounced LINZ-dee.
As of October 2026, Lindsay ranked #10354 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #397 in 1893.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Lindsay on lists
Famous Lindsays
- Lindsay Harry Chip Crosby
American actor and singer
- (Gordon) Lindsay Weir
New Zealand cricketer
- Lindsay Tuckett
South African cricketer
- (John) Lindsay Brown
American baseball player
- Lindsay John Casson Gaze
Australian basketball player and coach
- Lindsay Harvey Hoyle
English MP
- Lindsay Dawson
American painter
- Lindsay Haines Knapp
American NFL football player
- Lindsay Kemp
English dancer, actor and mime
- Lindsay Eugene Scott
American NFL football player
- Lindsay Gerald Merrithew
Canadian Pilates entrepreneur
- Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (b. 2013)
son of American actor Vince Vaughn
- Kieran Lindsay Lieberthal
son of Julianna Margulies & Keith Lieberthal
Lindsay in pop culture
- Lindsay Marriott
character in "Farewell, My Lovely" by Raymond Chandler