Linwood

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,550 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #6,832
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#396
1945 · 227 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,776
since 1880

Linwood over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Linwood has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #396, 1945boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#6,83212
2023—#10,8216
2022—#8,9908
2021—#5,56216
2020—#7,03411
2019—#10,8036
2018—#6,70312
2017—#8,1409
2016—#8,8168
2015—#6,32413
2014—#7,56210
2013—#12,1365
2012—#8,8648
2011—#6,57812
2010—#8,8038
2009—#9,8647
2008—#5,48716
2007—#5,90114
2006—#4,86518
2005—#5,27815
2004—#5,49214
2003—#3,62624
2002—#6,52210
2001—#4,67616
2000—#5,29713
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,19124
1997—#3,26122
1996—#2,91125
1995—#2,55629
1994—#2,84725
1993—#2,50929
1992—#2,53228
1991—#2,14334
1990—#1,87041
1989—#1,76643
1988—#1,84936
1987—#1,79336
1986—#1,45747
1985—#1,86631
1984—#1,55639
1983—#1,29651
1982—#1,16462
1981—#1,11167
1980—#1,09868
1979—#1,19358
1978—#1,06067
1977—#94981
1976—#1,21051
1975—#93377
1974—#93676
1973—#91477
1972—#797100
1971—#799101
1970—#763117
1969—#736113
1968—#723107
1967—#653130
1966—#734101
1965—#635140
1964—#629152
1963—#640149
1962—#602166
1961—#619165
1960—#591175
1959—#547206
1958—#539204
1957—#537208
1956—#517213
1955—#480233
1954—#453254
1953—#442261
1952—#451246
1951—#458219
1950—#409272
1949—#407272
1948—#409276
1947—#433247
1946—#416233
1945—#396227
1944—#411214
1943—#407230
1942—#423210
1941—#434182
1940—#455163
1939—#446164
1938—#425180
1937—#412189
1936—#450156
1935—#456156
1934—#428173
1933—#457146
1932—#420177
1931—#447157
1930#4,5505#437181
1929—#464161
1928—#420201
1927—#421206
1926—#455175
1925—#456175
1924—#444189
1923—#465174
1922—#438192
1921—#458179
1920—#479161
1919—#474159
1918—#512137
1917—#470147
1916—#468149
1915—#475135
1914—#440119
1913—#45191
1912—#45675
1911—#45741
1910—#42141
1909—#63618
1908—#47527
1907—#49522
1906—#52319
1905—#66613
1904—#49219
1903—#45121
1902—#44022
1901—#46617
1900—#60317
1899—#52114
1898—#52316
1897—#58413
1896—#53415
1895—#57913
1894—#59412
1893—#7688
1892—#9566
1891—#7008
1890—#6679
1889—#7897
1888—#64810
1887—#6319
1886—#6479
1885——
1884—#8486
1883—#59710
1882——
1881—#8665
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Linwood was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1977 (#1,210 → #949)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 1976 (#933 → #1,210)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1945 at #396 (227 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1886–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,737
  • Highest: 1 in 4,737 boys born in 1910 were named Linwood (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 143,574 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #396 in 1945, was only 1 in 5,929 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.1% of all boys named Linwood (2,316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s61#597 (1883)#742
1890s114#521 (1899)#643
1900s195#440 (1902)#525
1910s1,094#421 (1910)#462
1920s1,813#420 (1928)#450
1930s1,679#412 (1937)#438
1940s2,254#396 (1945)#419
1950s2,316#409 (1950)#483
1960s1,398#591 (1960)#656
1970s805#763 (1970)#955
1980s480#1,098 (1980)#1,496
1990s276#1,870 (1990)#2,765
2000s147#3,626 (2003)#5,701
2010s91#6,324 (2015)#8,473
2020s53#5,562 (2021)#7,848

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.

Linwood in 1969

boys
#736
113 births · 1 in 15,825 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #736Linwood113
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 15,825 of them was named Linwood, which outranked 85.4% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Linwood
  1. #732Irving114
  2. #732Russ114
  3. #732Toney114
  4. #736Linwood113
  5. #736Dusty113
  6. #736Harley113
  7. #736Tobin113
  8. #740Bennett112
  9. #740Brendon112
  10. #742August111

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →