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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #2,256 | 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 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Linden
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1947 at #923 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1943–1944
- 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
- 19.7% of all boys named Linden (810) were born in this decade
- 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 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 221,596 of them was named Linden, which outranked 34.4% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,706Willean9
- #3,706Wynn9
- #3,706Zadie9
- #4,007Linden8
- #4,007Aaron8
- #4,007Adelene8
- #4,007Adrina8
- #4,345Adora7
- #4,345Albertia7
- #4,345Albertina7
Tied with 337 names at #4,007; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 32,098 of them was named Linden, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).