Linus

#1,906 for boys in 2025, 82 births

Peak · boys
#611
1882 · 10 births
Debut · boys
1882
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,342
since 1882

Linus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Linus has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #611, 1882boys
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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#1,90682
2024#1,423129
2023#1,539114
2022#1,440126
2021#1,546113
2020#1,398124
2019#1,515112
2018#1,255147
2017#1,141166
2016#1,356131
2015#1,152163
2014#1,158163
2013#1,321130
2012#1,249141
2011#1,344126
2010#1,415117
2009#1,497111
2008#1,452113
2007#1,66991
2006#2,01066
2005#1,92266
2004#1,93463
2003#2,18050
2002#2,42841
2001#2,27744
2000#2,08748
1999#1,96649
1998#2,78229
1997#2,50232
1996#3,10723
1995#3,55918
1994#3,59618
1993#5,00211
1992#3,74816
1991#7,2716
1990#3,77915
1989#5,1659
1988#4,45010
1987#3,33914
1986#4,4579
1985#4,6988
1984#3,92510
1983#4,4998
1982#5,0037
1981#3,03014
1980#2,72917
1979#3,16813
1978#2,92914
1977#3,38611
1976#3,47110
1975#2,75114
1974#2,35817
1973#3,22310
1972#2,53414
1971#1,98721
1970#2,50914
1969#1,91419
1968#1,78820
1967#1,97416
1966#1,58024
1965#1,72021
1964#1,85019
1963#1,54826
1962#1,40331
1961#1,63524
1960#1,35934
1959#1,80620
1958#1,30535
1957#1,58325
1956#1,36232
1955#1,37031
1954#1,38230
1953#1,37830
1952#1,34731
1951#1,72519
1950#1,36428
1949#1,25233
1948#1,28032
1947#1,36329
1946#1,44024
1945#1,16332
1944#1,15233
1943#1,15535
1942#1,02643
1941#1,12934
1940#95245
1939#1,23828
1938#1,00940
1937#1,34425
1936#1,14233
1935#1,07836
1934#1,18931
1933#1,25128
1932#1,07739
1931#1,25330
1930#1,21534
1929#1,07841
1928#1,01946
1927#1,02846
1926#84261
1925#91654
1924#1,02048
1923#1,04146
1922#1,04645
1921#88462
1920#92955
1919#99946
1918#94949
1917#89251
1916#89249
1915#90647
1914#1,01930
1913#87131
1912#1,02320
1911#1,1909
1910#1,1938
1909#1,2776
1908—
1907—
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0027
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1903—
1902—
1901—
1900#1,1626
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896#9007
1895#1,0795
1894#8577
1893#8367
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888#9176
1887—
1886—
1885#9365
1884#61310
1883—
1882#61110
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.

See more about Linus
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#611 (1882)#769
1890s26#836 (1893)#918
1900s24#1,002 (1905)#1,174
1910s340#871 (1913)#993
1920s504#842 (1926)#980
1930s324#1,009 (1938)#1,180
1940s340#952 (1940)#1,191
1950s281#1,305 (1958)#1,462
1960s234#1,359 (1960)#1,677
1970s138#1,987 (1971)#2,832
1980s106#2,729 (1980)#4,130
1990s217#1,966 (1999)#3,731
2000s693#1,452 (2008)#1,946
2010s1,396#1,141 (2017)#1,291
2020s688#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 2016

boys
#1,356
131 births · 1 in 14,487 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #1,356Linus131
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 14,487 of them was named Linus, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Linus
  1. #1,349Mikah132
  2. #1,349Nazir132
  3. #1,349Nikola132
  4. #1,356Linus131
  5. #1,356Aubrey131
  6. #1,356Colter131
  7. #1,356Devan131
  8. #1,366Ammar130
  9. #1,366Arham130
  10. #1,366Damarion130

Tied with 9 names at #1,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →