Linsey
Linsey was the 12639th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 631st with 296 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,271 places. More babies were named Linsey in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,639 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1985296 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,365babies recorded
Linsey popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 240 since 1904.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,639 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #5,046 | 28 |
| 2000 | #1,612 | 110 |
| 1990 | #991 | 186 |
| 1980 | #991 | 149 |
| 1970 | #8,735 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Linsey, counting every spelling?
Linsey is the most common spelling of a name family that had 25 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 25 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linsey | 7 | #12,639 | 43 |
| Linzy | 8 | #11,504 | 40 |
| Linsy | 5 | #16,312 | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Linsey?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Linsey (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Linsey born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Linsey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Linsey?
About 5,000 people born in the US named Linsey are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 28 and 42. That makes Linsey mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Linsey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Linsey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Linsey
How popular is the name Linsey?
Linsey was the 12639th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 631st with 296 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,271 places. More babies were named Linsey in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Linsey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Linsey in the US.