How Many People Are Named Lyndon?
people named Lyndon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,029 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,120 babies named Lyndon in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
520 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "lime tree hill" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lyndon in English. Counting Lyndon and these spellings together, about 13,673 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lyndon, 5.1% were girls and 94.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lyndon rose from 0% in the 1910s to 16% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lyndon alive today is about 38 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lyndon first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 1964, to 520 babies. In 2025, 81 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lyndon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #346, in 1964. In 2025 it ranked #2,199.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,199 |
| Best rank | #346 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #549 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lyndon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lyndon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 928 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lyndon was given 3.1 times as often in Texas, 2.5 times in Indiana and 1.8 times in Minnesota.
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