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Lynley
A given name in English
Language context for this entry: English
No sourced pronunciation yet
- Origin
- Not established
- 1 language context
- English
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- 1 cited source Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Lynley
Lynley is a unisex given name documented in English.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
Where Lynley is used
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States
Statistics + language records
United States, 2025: 22 girls (rank 5554). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
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United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Lynley
Recorded category girls
- Latest · 2025
- 22
- applications
- Rank #5,554
- Peak year
- 2016
- 46 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 10 | 4,263 | observed |
| 1963 | 12 | 3,801 | observed |
| 1964 | 10 | 4,355 | observed |
| 1965 | 7 | 5,289 | observed |
| 1966 | 11 | 3,959 | observed |
| 1967 | 11 | 4,053 | observed |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,016 | observed |
| 1969 | 19 | 3,102 | observed |
| 1970 | 12 | 4,492 | observed |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,543 | observed |
| 1972 | 8 | 5,959 | observed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 10 | 5,360 | observed |
| 1975 | 9 | 5,984 | observed |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,156 | observed |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,340 | observed |
| 1978 | 10 | 5,958 | observed |
| 1979 | 10 | 6,189 | observed |
| 1980 | 16 | 4,517 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,110 | observed |
| 1982 | 9 | 6,888 | observed |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,212 | observed |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,144 | observed |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | 6 | 9,545 | observed |
| 1987 | 12 | 5,923 | observed |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,585 | observed |
| 1989 | 22 | 4,248 | observed |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,501 | observed |
| 1991 | 15 | 5,949 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,512 | observed |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,719 | observed |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,430 | observed |
| 1995 | 8 | 9,553 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,017 | observed |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,122 | observed |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,031 | observed |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,020 | observed |
| 2002 | 6 | 13,595 | observed |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,671 | observed |
| 2004 | 15 | 7,391 | observed |
| 2005 | 16 | 7,138 | observed |
| 2006 | 25 | 5,383 | observed |
| 2007 | 20 | 6,552 | observed |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,073 | observed |
| 2009 | 23 | 5,891 | observed |
| 2010 | 22 | 5,977 | observed |
| 2011 | 31 | 4,568 | observed |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,398 | observed |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,422 | observed |
| 2014 | 33 | 4,350 | observed |
| 2015 | 34 | 4,232 | observed |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,411 | observed |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,220 | observed |
| 2018 | 40 | 3,739 | observed |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,552 | observed |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,083 | observed |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,735 | observed |
| 2022 | 20 | 5,984 | observed |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,248 | observed |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,148 | observed |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,554 | observed |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Lynley” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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History
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms1
- Wikidata Q96062598CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates3
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
New Zealand — DIA published top 100 baby first names per sex, 1954–2025
Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), New Zealand · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.