Linn
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to boys 63.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,450since 1882
Linn 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 | #1,317 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #1,220 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #1,217 | 35 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #1,014 | 50 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,251 | 29 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Linn! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Linn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1945 (#1,235 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 1946 (#995 → #1,060)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #837 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1945
- Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Linn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #837 in 1882, was only 1 in 18,948 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.9% of all boys named Linn (361) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #837 (1882) | #904 |
| 1890s | 16 | #841 (1891) | #978 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,013 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,441 (1913) | #2,166 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,577 (1924) | #2,160 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,297 (1939) | #2,071 |
| 1940s | 361 | #995 (1945) | #1,156 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,083 (1951) | #1,308 |
| 1960s | 180 | #1,193 (1960) | #2,040 |
| 1970s | 89 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,583 |
| 1980s | 47 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,552 |
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.
Linn in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 87,139 of them was named Linn, which outranked 57.3% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,149Vermell16
- #2,149Vernia16
- #2,149Vincenza16
- #2,237Linn15
- #2,237Adelfa15
- #2,237Albina15
- #2,237Arden15
- #2,339Aimee14
- #2,339Alexia14
- #2,339Andrew14
Tied with 101 names at #2,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 32,826 of them was named Linn, which outranked 73.7% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).