Lincoln
#2,387 for girls in 2025, 75 births · #69 for boys in 2025, 4,703 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 7,061 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 13 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 104,918since 1880
Lincoln over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,387 | 75 | #69 | 4,703 |
| 2024 | #2,362 | 77 | #73 | 4,580 |
| 2023 | #2,142 | 89 | #64 | 4,866 |
| 2022 | #1,670 | 126 | #54 | 5,625 |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | #45 | 6,700 |
| 2020 | #1,241 | 183 | #40 | 7,061 |
| 2019 | #1,255 | 185 | #41 | 7,473 |
| 2018 | #1,367 | 165 | #41 | 7,408 |
| 2017 | #1,065 | 241 | #41 | 8,202 |
| 2016 | #1,412 | 164 | #51 | 7,129 |
| 2015 | #1,454 | 158 | #66 | 6,001 |
| 2014 | #1,665 | 127 | #87 | 4,824 |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | #95 | 4,039 |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | #132 | 2,912 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #179 | 2,158 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #199 | 1,871 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | #189 | 2,012 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #211 | 1,818 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #224 | 1,655 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #301 | 1,109 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #495 | 502 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #555 | 413 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #548 | 410 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #610 | 329 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #616 | 309 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #710 | 247 |
| 1999 | — | #748 | 214 | |
| 1998 | — | #878 | 165 | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #886 | 156 |
| 1996 | — | #897 | 149 | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #776 | 191 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #770 | 187 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #794 | 178 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #841 | 157 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #838 | 153 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #855 | 143 |
| 1989 | — | #916 | 123 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #858 | 122 |
| 1987 | — | #836 | 124 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #995 | 86 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #823 | 117 |
| 1984 | — | #733 | 141 | |
| 1983 | — | #824 | 112 | |
| 1982 | — | #809 | 119 | |
| 1981 | — | #804 | 119 | |
| 1980 | — | #911 | 95 | |
| 1979 | — | #882 | 98 | |
| 1978 | — | #880 | 95 | |
| 1977 | — | #695 | 149 | |
| 1976 | — | #666 | 151 | |
| 1975 | — | #678 | 147 | |
| 1974 | — | #774 | 108 | |
| 1973 | — | #783 | 103 | |
| 1972 | — | #678 | 140 | |
| 1971 | — | #618 | 181 | |
| 1970 | — | #685 | 146 | |
| 1969 | — | #762 | 105 | |
| 1968 | — | #861 | 71 | |
| 1967 | — | #742 | 98 | |
| 1966 | — | #686 | 116 | |
| 1965 | — | #656 | 128 | |
| 1964 | — | #554 | 202 | |
| 1963 | — | #567 | 193 | |
| 1962 | — | #647 | 143 | |
| 1961 | — | #699 | 119 | |
| 1960 | — | #825 | 85 | |
| 1959 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1958 | — | #889 | 72 | |
| 1957 | — | #762 | 97 | |
| 1956 | — | #880 | 72 | |
| 1955 | — | #792 | 85 | |
| 1954 | — | #892 | 68 | |
| 1953 | — | #762 | 87 | |
| 1952 | — | #721 | 95 | |
| 1951 | — | #806 | 76 | |
| 1950 | — | #736 | 87 | |
| 1949 | — | #722 | 90 | |
| 1948 | — | #789 | 75 | |
| 1947 | — | #707 | 94 | |
| 1946 | — | #767 | 75 | |
| 1945 | — | #640 | 89 | |
| 1944 | — | #712 | 76 | |
| 1943 | — | #668 | 92 | |
| 1942 | — | #652 | 96 | |
| 1941 | — | #648 | 88 | |
| 1940 | — | #729 | 70 | |
| 1939 | — | #671 | 78 | |
| 1938 | — | #694 | 76 | |
| 1937 | — | #691 | 75 | |
| 1936 | — | #698 | 72 | |
| 1935 | — | #693 | 76 | |
| 1934 | — | #623 | 92 | |
| 1933 | — | #610 | 91 | |
| 1932 | — | #600 | 96 | |
| 1931 | — | #560 | 110 | |
| 1930 | — | #672 | 86 | |
| 1929 | — | #602 | 101 | |
| 1928 | — | #529 | 130 | |
| 1927 | — | #536 | 131 | |
| 1926 | — | #506 | 144 | |
| 1925 | — | #511 | 142 | |
| 1924 | — | #494 | 156 | |
| 1923 | — | #529 | 133 | |
| 1922 | — | #620 | 108 | |
| 1921 | — | #576 | 120 | |
| 1920 | — | #523 | 137 | |
| 1919 | — | #555 | 117 | |
| 1918 | — | #534 | 128 | |
| 1917 | — | #509 | 127 | |
| 1916 | — | #499 | 130 | |
| 1915 | — | #513 | 118 | |
| 1914 | — | #478 | 103 | |
| 1913 | — | #545 | 63 | |
| 1912 | — | #574 | 49 | |
| 1911 | — | #506 | 34 | |
| 1910 | — | #456 | 36 | |
| 1909 | — | #436 | 33 | |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lincoln was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lincoln
- 4 spots since 2024 (#73 → #69)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#40 → #69)
- 3 spots since 2015 (#66 → #69)
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1882 (#866 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1886 (#577 → #845)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2020 at #40 (7,061 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1885–2025
- Highest: 1 in 226 boys born in 2017 were named Lincoln (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 363 boys born in 2025 (0.28%)
- Its best rank, #40 in 2020, was only 1 in 244 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 49.6% of all boys named Lincoln (52,017) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #498 (1889) | #623 |
| 1890s | 141 | #368 (1895) | #559 |
| 1900s | 176 | #436 (1909) | #583 |
| 1910s | 905 | #456 (1910) | #517 |
| 1920s | 1,302 | #494 (1924) | #543 |
| 1930s | 852 | #560 (1931) | #651 |
| 1940s | 845 | #640 (1945) | #703 |
| 1950s | 818 | #721 (1952) | #809 |
| 1960s | 1,260 | #554 (1964) | #700 |
| 1970s | 1,318 | #618 (1971) | #734 |
| 1980s | 1,158 | #733 (1984) | #851 |
| 1990s | 1,693 | #748 (1999) | #828 |
| 2000s | 8,804 | #189 (2009) | #446 |
| 2010s | 52,017 | #41 (2017) | #93 |
| 2020s | 33,535 | #40 (2020) | #58 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lincoln in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 248,673 of them was named Lincoln, which outranked 33.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,802Zierra8
- #9,802Zoha8
- #9,802Zoi8
- #10,836Lincoln7
- #10,836Aaisha7
- #10,836Aaleah7
- #10,836Aaleigha7
- #12,070Aalexis6
- #12,070Aalexus6
- #12,070Aalia6
Tied with 1,233 names at #10,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 12,084 of them was named Lincoln, which outranked 91.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #878Tyron158
- #878Tyshawn158
- #885Ronaldo157
- #886Lincoln156
- #886Devonta156
- #886Grady156
- #886Jacques156
- #893Dario155
- #893Deante155
- #893Jerod155
Tied with 6 names at #886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.