How Many People Are Named Lynda?
people named Lynda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,867 people in the US has this name
Based on 78,098 babies named Lynda in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,850 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LINDA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lynda in English. Counting Lynda and these spellings together, about 1,136,761 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lynda (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lynda alive today is about 67 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lynda first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1947, to 4,850 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lynda never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #77, in 1947, and it was in the top 100 for 3 years, 1947 to 1949. In 2025 it ranked #4,618.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,618 |
| Best rank | #77 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (1947 to 1949) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #112 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lynda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lynda were born in California than in any other state: about 5,762 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lynda was given 2.2 times as often in Utah, 1.8 times in Idaho and 1.6 times in Oklahoma.
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