Lindsay
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
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.
Lindsay for girls#2208 US
In the early eighties, Lindsay, in tandem with Courtney, approached the Top 10.
Lindsey 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. This tradition continues in the 2014 Top 1000 rankings, with Lindsey retaining a considerable lead over Lindsay among girls in the USA.
In the UK, however, Lindsey makes no appearance in the Top 3000 at all, and Lindsay was only given to 6 girls in 2013, ranking at Number 2443.
Pronounced LINZ-dee.
As of October 2026, Lindsay ranked #10354 in US births in 2021 SSA, peaked at #397 in 1893.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #661 | 433 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #852 | 328 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,023 | 259 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,147 | 217 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,311 | 174 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,511 | 144 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,661 | 124 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,455 | 148 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,770 | 117 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,083 | 93 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,982 | 99 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,208 | 84 |
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Lindsay on lists
Famous Lindsays
- Lindsay Harry Chip CrosbyBoy
American actor and singer
- (Gordon) Lindsay WeirBoy
New Zealand cricketer
- Lindsay TuckettBoy
South African cricketer
- (John) Lindsay BrownBoy
American baseball player
- Lindsay John Casson GazeBoy
Australian basketball player and coach
- Lindsay Harvey HoyleBoy
English MP
- Lindsay DawsonBoy
American painter
- Lindsay Haines KnappBoy
American NFL football player
- Lindsay KempBoy
English dancer, actor and mime
- Lindsay Eugene ScottBoy
American NFL football player
- Lindsay Gerald MerrithewBoy
Canadian Pilates entrepreneur
- Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (b. 2013)Boy
son of American actor Vince Vaughn
- Kieran Lindsay LieberthalBoy
son of Julianna Margulies & Keith Lieberthal
- Lindsay Dee LohanGirl
American actress
- Lindsay MendezGirl
American Broadway actress
- Lindsay Jean WagnerGirl
American actress
- Lindsay Vere DuncanGirl
Scottish actress
- Lindsay Ann DavenportGirl
American pro tennis player
- Lindsay Marie EllingsonGirl
American model
- (Rachel) Lindsay Rene BushGirl
American actress
- Lindsay Gael Christian Elaine ArmauGirl
Irish musician
- Lindsay Ann CzarniakGirl
American sports anchor
- Lindsay SloaneGirl
American actress
- Lindsay Dianne BenkoGirl
American Olympic swimmer
- Lindsay Marie FeltonGirl
American actress
- Lindsay PearceGirl
American actress and singer
Lindsay in pop culture
- Lindsay MarriottBoy
character in "Farewell, My Lovely" by Raymond Chandler
- Lindsay Bluth FunkeGirl
character on TV's "Arrested Development"
- Lindsay WeirGirl
character on TV's "Freaks & Geeks"
- Lindsay EdgecombeGirl
character in "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver
- Lindsay FordyceGirl
character on TV movie "Cyberbully"
- Lindsay MesserGirl
character on TV's "CSI: NY"
- Lindsay RappaportGirl
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- LindsayGirl
character on animated series 'Total Drama Island"
- Lindsay DoleGirl
character on TV's "The Practice"
- LindsayGirl
character on TV's "The New Adventures of Old Christine"
- Lindsay BoxerGirl
character on TV's "Women's Murder Club"
Variations & nicknames
- LindBoth
- LindesayBoy
- LindseyBoth
- LindsyBoth
- LinsayBoth
- LinseyBoth
- LinzyBoth
- LyndsayBoth
- LyndseyBoth
- LyndsieBoy
- LynzieBoy
- LindsayeGirl
- LindseaGirl
- LindseeGirl
- LindseighGirl
- LindsiGirl
- LindsieGirl
- LindziGirl
- LindzyGirl
- LinzeeGirl
- LinzeyGirl
- LinziGirl
- LinzieGirl
- LyndsyGirl
- LynsayGirl
- LynsdayGirl
- LynseyGirl
- LynsieGirl
- LynzeeGirl
- LynzeyGirl
- LynziGirl
- LynzyGirl