Linden
#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 67.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,102since 1889
Linden over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #2,256 | 81 | #1,409 | 129 |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | #1,540 | 114 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #1,735 | 95 |
| 2022 | #2,123 | 90 | #1,750 | 95 |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | #1,554 | 112 |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 80 | #1,634 | 100 |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 | #1,576 | 106 |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | #1,530 | 107 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | #1,618 | 99 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | #2,336 | 54 |
| 2012 | #2,901 | 59 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #2,803 | 62 | #2,239 | 58 |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | #2,203 | 60 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,033 | 49 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #986 | 46 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,168 | 31 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,299 | 30 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,022 | 47 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,503 | 25 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Linden! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Linden is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Illinois#513 · 1 in 14,592
Best ever in a state: #287 in Missouri, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #513 | 5 | 1 in 14,592 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 131 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,409)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,409)
- 320 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #1,409)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1947 (#1,076 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1945 (#991 → #1,180)
Rise & fade · boys
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1947 at #923 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1943–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,241
- Highest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 were named Linden (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #923 in 1947, was only 1 in 32,098 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 19.7% of all boys named Linden (810) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 163 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,562 |
| 1920s | 260 | #1,022 (1927) | #1,516 |
| 1930s | 258 | #1,103 (1933) | #1,388 |
| 1940s | 414 | #923 (1947) | #1,059 |
| 1950s | 391 | #1,033 (1953) | #1,211 |
| 1960s | 231 | #1,259 (1962) | #1,768 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,053 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,270 (1981) | #2,803 |
| 1990s | 221 | #2,552 (1998) | #3,262 |
| 2000s | 377 | #2,203 (2009) | #3,029 |
| 2010s | 810 | #1,530 (2017) | #1,889 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,409 (2025) | #1,588 |
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.
Linden in 1943
boys
#986
46 births · 1 in 31,028 boys
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 31,028 of them was named Linden, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).