Linden
#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 67.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,102since 1889
Linden 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,256 | 81 | #1,409 | 129 |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | #1,540 | 114 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #1,735 | 95 |
| 2022 | #2,123 | 90 | #1,750 | 95 |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | #1,554 | 112 |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #2,272 | 80 | #1,634 | 100 |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 | #1,576 | 106 |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | #1,530 | 107 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | #1,618 | 99 |
| 2015 | #2,351 | 78 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | #2,017 | 70 |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | #2,336 | 54 |
| 2012 | #2,901 | 59 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #2,803 | 62 | #2,239 | 58 |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | #2,203 | 60 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #2,345 | 55 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #2,489 | 44 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | — | #1,581 | 25 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #1,131 | 46 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,033 | 49 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #986 | 46 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,007 | 44 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,168 | 31 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,199 | 30 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,299 | 30 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,022 | 47 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,583 | 23 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,964 | 17 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,503 | 25 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Linden! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Linden is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#915 · 1 in 6,890
- Pennsylvania#945 · 1 in 8,315
- Michigan#970 · 1 in 7,737
- Ohio#980 · 1 in 8,337
- North Carolina#1,140 · 1 in 10,265
Best ever in a state: #287 in Missouri, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #915 | 5 | 1 in 6,890 |
| Pennsylvania | #945 | 7 | 1 in 8,315 |
| Michigan | #970 | 6 | 1 in 7,737 |
| Ohio | #980 | 7 | 1 in 8,337 |
| North Carolina | #1,140 | 5 | 1 in 10,265 |
| California | #1,725 | 9 | 1 in 23,968 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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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.
See more about Linden
- 131 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,409)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,409)
- 320 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #1,409)
- Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1947 (#1,076 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1945 (#991 → #1,180)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1947 at #923 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1943–1944
- Highest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 were named Linden (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #923 in 1947, was only 1 in 32,098 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.7% of all boys named Linden (810) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2013, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 10 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 163 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,562 |
| 1920s | 260 | #1,022 (1927) | #1,516 |
| 1930s | 258 | #1,103 (1933) | #1,388 |
| 1940s | 414 | #923 (1947) | #1,059 |
| 1950s | 391 | #1,033 (1953) | #1,211 |
| 1960s | 231 | #1,259 (1962) | #1,768 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,053 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,270 (1981) | #2,803 |
| 1990s | 221 | #2,552 (1998) | #3,262 |
| 2000s | 377 | #2,203 (2009) | #3,029 |
| 2010s | 810 | #1,530 (2017) | #1,889 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,409 (2025) | #1,588 |
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.
Linden in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 22,422 of them was named Linden, which outranked 87.2% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,338Zamora78
- #2,338Zariya78
- #2,338Zayna78
- #2,357Linden77
- #2,357Abbygail77
- #2,357Alaiyah77
- #2,357Alaska77
- #2,384Aahana76
- #2,384Annalynn76
- #2,384Ayat76
Tied with 26 names at #2,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 17,299 of them was named Linden, which outranked 89.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,525Gavyn108
- #1,525Ilyas108
- #1,525Isaak108
- #1,530Linden107
- #1,530Ajay107
- #1,530Aziel107
- #1,530Calder107
- #1,541Aizen106
- #1,541Arvin106
- #1,541Carsyn106
Tied with 10 names at #1,530; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.