Linus
#1,906 for boys in 2025, 82 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,342since 1882
Linus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Linus has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,906 | 82 |
| 2024 | #1,423 | 129 |
| 2023 | #1,539 | 114 |
| 2022 | #1,440 | 126 |
| 2021 | #1,546 | 113 |
| 2020 | #1,398 | 124 |
| 2019 | #1,515 | 112 |
| 2018 | #1,255 | 147 |
| 2017 | #1,141 | 166 |
| 2016 | #1,356 | 131 |
| 2015 | #1,152 | 163 |
| 2014 | #1,158 | 163 |
| 2013 | #1,321 | 130 |
| 2012 | #1,249 | 141 |
| 2011 | #1,344 | 126 |
| 2010 | #1,415 | 117 |
| 2009 | #1,497 | 111 |
| 2008 | #1,452 | 113 |
| 2007 | #1,669 | 91 |
| 2006 | #2,010 | 66 |
| 2005 | #1,922 | 66 |
| 2004 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 2003 | #2,180 | 50 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,277 | 44 |
| 2000 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #1,966 | 49 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,305 | 35 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,280 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,026 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #952 | 45 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1926 | #842 | 61 |
| 1925 | #916 | 54 |
| 1924 | #1,020 | 48 |
| 1923 | #1,041 | 46 |
| 1922 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #884 | 62 |
| 1920 | #929 | 55 |
| 1919 | #999 | 46 |
| 1918 | #949 | 49 |
| 1917 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #906 | 47 |
| 1914 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Linus! It came in at #611, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Linus is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Indiana#307 · 1 in 3,898
- Ohio#395 · 1 in 6,856
- Missouri#415 · 1 in 5,353
- Pennsylvania#475 · 1 in 12,343
Best ever in a state: #188 in North Dakota, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #307 | 6 | 1 in 3,898 |
| Ohio | #395 | 7 | 1 in 6,856 |
| Missouri | #415 | 5 | 1 in 5,353 |
| Pennsylvania | #475 | 7 | 1 in 12,343 |
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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
Falling
- 483 spots since 2024 (#1,423 → #1,906)
- 508 spots since 2020 (#1,398 → #1,906)
- 754 spots since 2015 (#1,152 → #1,906)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1940 (#1,238 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 323 spots in 1885 (#613 → #936)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #611 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1915–1921
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,150
- Highest: 1 in 11,150 boys born in 2017 were named Linus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,830 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #611 in 1882, was only 1 in 11,369 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 26.1% of all boys named Linus (1,396) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #611 (1882) | #769 |
| 1890s | 26 | #836 (1893) | #918 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,174 |
| 1910s | 340 | #871 (1913) | #993 |
| 1920s | 504 | #842 (1926) | #980 |
| 1930s | 324 | #1,009 (1938) | #1,180 |
| 1940s | 340 | #952 (1940) | #1,191 |
| 1950s | 281 | #1,305 (1958) | #1,462 |
| 1960s | 234 | #1,359 (1960) | #1,677 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,987 (1971) | #2,832 |
| 1980s | 106 | #2,729 (1980) | #4,130 |
| 1990s | 217 | #1,966 (1999) | #3,731 |
| 2000s | 693 | #1,452 (2008) | #1,946 |
| 2010s | 1,396 | #1,141 (2017) | #1,291 |
| 2020s | 688 | #1,398 (2020) | #1,542 |
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.
Linus in 1918
boys
#949
49 births · 1 in 20,683 boys
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 20,683 of them was named Linus, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).