Linn
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
- Given to boys 63.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,450since 1882
Linn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 | #1,317 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 | #1,220 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 | #1,217 | 35 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #1,014 | 50 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,235 | 29 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,251 | 29 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Linn! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Linn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Linn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Linn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Biggest jump: 240 spots in 1945
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 1946
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #837 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,865
- Highest: 1 in 16,865 boys born in 1891 were named Linn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #837 in 1882, was only 1 in 18,948 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 24.9% of all boys named Linn (361) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #837 (1882) | #904 |
| 1890s | 16 | #841 (1891) | #978 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,013 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,441 (1913) | #2,166 |
| 1920s | 157 | #1,577 (1924) | #2,160 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,297 (1939) | #2,071 |
| 1940s | 361 | #995 (1945) | #1,156 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,083 (1951) | #1,308 |
| 1960s | 180 | #1,193 (1960) | #2,040 |
| 1970s | 89 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,583 |
| 1980s | 47 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,552 |
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.
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