Lindy, of Germanic origin, means 'pretty' or 'graceful'. It is an uncommon yet charming choice for a girl's name. The name was popularized by the dance known as the Lindy Hop in the 1920s and 1930s. Lindy is often associated with freedom, joy, and the swinging era of jazz music.
The name Lindy experienced a significant peak in popularity between 1926 and 1930, with the highest number of births occurring in 1927 at 235 births. After this period, there was a steady decline in its usage, with fewer than 50 births per year from 1933 onwards. The name's popularity continued to fluctuate throughout the following decades, with peaks in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but never reaching the heights of the mid-1920s again. Since the 1960s, Lindy has been relatively uncommon, with fewer than 25 births per year recorded between 1962 and 1987, and even fewer since then, with only a handful of births per year from 1987 to 2012. In total, there have been 1776 births registered as Lindy over the course of these years.