Linton

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821

Peak · boys
1889 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,360
since 1883

Linton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Linton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #581, 1889boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#10,8216
2022
2021
2020#12,0225
2019#8,8898
2018
2017#8,8408
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014
2013#8,7898
2012#10,7706
2011#10,8086
2010#8,8038
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005
2004#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002
2001#8,3397
2000#5,92011
1999#9,9125
1998#4,65014
1997#8,1106
1996#4,87812
1995
1994#5,45210
1993
1992#4,11414
1991#4,76011
1990#6,4157
1989#3,61815
1988#3,70513
1987#4,5739
1986#2,60120
1985#4,6988
1984#3,45912
1983#2,91215
1982#2,34121
1981#3,03014
1980#3,09814
1979#3,35712
1978#3,61410
1977#2,66516
1976#3,26411
1975#2,54016
1974#2,79913
1973#2,40516
1972#2,15818
1971#2,36616
1970#1,74325
1969#1,86120
1968#1,57425
1967#1,80919
1966#2,13214
1965#1,98716
1964#1,61524
1963#1,51327
1962#1,47928
1961#3,0978
1960#1,43431
1959#1,66523
1958#1,83819
1957#1,63424
1956#1,23238
1955#1,39630
1954#1,22737
1953#1,35731
1952#1,19538
1951#1,33231
1950#1,18137
1949#1,09741
1948#1,10741
1947#1,09344
1946#98047
1945#1,34924
1944#1,37024
1943#1,10638
1942#1,00744
1941#1,33325
1940#1,06737
1939#1,32325
1938#99241
1937#1,26528
1936#1,05137
1935#1,22630
1934#1,11635
1933#1,31026
1932#1,42624
1931#1,33327
1930#1,36828
1929#1,17335
1928#1,27232
1927#1,19836
1926#1,26433
1925#1,58323
1924#1,15239
1923#1,12840
1922#99950
1921#1,32931
1920#1,13939
1919#1,00945
1918#1,44625
1917#1,11336
1916#1,13833
1915#1,45422
1914#1,30021
1913#1,49713
1912#1,00021
1911#1,11710
1910#1,5895
1909
1908#82511
1907#9998
1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
1904
1903
1902#9337
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895
1894#7878
1893
1892
1891#8416
1890
1889#58111
1888
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885#8366
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Linton! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Linton is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Linton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1946 (#1,349#980)
  • Biggest drop: 497 spots in 1913 (#1,000#1,497)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1889 at #581 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1885–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,053
  • Highest: 1 in 10,053 boys born in 1889 were named Linton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Linton (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#581 (1889)#815
1890s28#787 (1894)#845
1900s36#825 (1908)#1,049
1910s231#1,000 (1912)#1,266
1920s358#999 (1922)#1,224
1930s301#992 (1938)#1,241
1940s365#980 (1946)#1,151
1950s308#1,181 (1950)#1,406
1960s212#1,434 (1960)#1,850
1970s153#1,743 (1970)#2,691
1980s141#2,341 (1982)#3,404
1990s79#4,114 (1992)#6,036
2000s48#5,920 (2000)#9,646
2010s56#8,789 (2013)#9,786
2020s11#10,821 (2023)#11,422

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.

Linton in 1886

boys
#845
6 births · 1 in 18,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #845Linton6
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Linton, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Linton
  1. #758Wirt7
  2. #758Wong7
  3. #758Woody7
  4. #845Linton6
  5. #845Ada6
  6. #845Algie6
  7. #845Almon6
  8. #959Acey5
  9. #959Adelbert5
  10. #959Alan5

Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886