Linton

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821

Peak · boys
1889 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,360
since 1883

Linton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Linton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #581, 1889boys
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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—
2024—
2023#10,8216
2022—
2021—
2020#12,0225
2019#8,8898
2018—
2017#8,8408
2016#10,7446
2015#10,6446
2014—
2013#8,7898
2012#10,7706
2011#10,8086
2010#8,8038
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007#9,7887
2006#8,7328
2005—
2004#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002—
2001#8,3397
2000#5,92011
1999#9,9125
1998#4,65014
1997#8,1106
1996#4,87812
1995—
1994#5,45210
1993—
1992#4,11414
1991#4,76011
1990#6,4157
1989#3,61815
1988#3,70513
1987#4,5739
1986#2,60120
1985#4,6988
1984#3,45912
1983#2,91215
1982#2,34121
1981#3,03014
1980#3,09814
1979#3,35712
1978#3,61410
1977#2,66516
1976#3,26411
1975#2,54016
1974#2,79913
1973#2,40516
1972#2,15818
1971#2,36616
1970#1,74325
1969#1,86120
1968#1,57425
1967#1,80919
1966#2,13214
1965#1,98716
1964#1,61524
1963#1,51327
1962#1,47928
1961#3,0978
1960#1,43431
1959#1,66523
1958#1,83819
1957#1,63424
1956#1,23238
1955#1,39630
1954#1,22737
1953#1,35731
1952#1,19538
1951#1,33231
1950#1,18137
1949#1,09741
1948#1,10741
1947#1,09344
1946#98047
1945#1,34924
1944#1,37024
1943#1,10638
1942#1,00744
1941#1,33325
1940#1,06737
1939#1,32325
1938#99241
1937#1,26528
1936#1,05137
1935#1,22630
1934#1,11635
1933#1,31026
1932#1,42624
1931#1,33327
1930#1,36828
1929#1,17335
1928#1,27232
1927#1,19836
1926#1,26433
1925#1,58323
1924#1,15239
1923#1,12840
1922#99950
1921#1,32931
1920#1,13939
1919#1,00945
1918#1,44625
1917#1,11336
1916#1,13833
1915#1,45422
1914#1,30021
1913#1,49713
1912#1,00021
1911#1,11710
1910#1,5895
1909—
1908#82511
1907#9998
1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
1904—
1903—
1902#9337
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897#8527
1896#9007
1895—
1894#7878
1893—
1892—
1891#8416
1890—
1889#58111
1888—
1887#9215
1886#8456
1885#8366
1884—
1883#8925
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Linton! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Linton is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Linton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1946 (#1,349 → #980)
  • Biggest drop: 497 spots in 1913 (#1,000 → #1,497)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1889 at #581 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1885–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,053
  • Highest: 1 in 10,053 boys born in 1889 were named Linton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Linton (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#581 (1889)#815
1890s28#787 (1894)#845
1900s36#825 (1908)#1,049
1910s231#1,000 (1912)#1,266
1920s358#999 (1922)#1,224
1930s301#992 (1938)#1,241
1940s365#980 (1946)#1,151
1950s308#1,181 (1950)#1,406
1960s212#1,434 (1960)#1,850
1970s153#1,743 (1970)#2,691
1980s141#2,341 (1982)#3,404
1990s79#4,114 (1992)#6,036
2000s48#5,920 (2000)#9,646
2010s56#8,789 (2013)#9,786
2020s11#10,821 (2023)#11,422

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.

Linton in 1894

boys
#787
8 births · 1 in 14,471 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #787Linton8
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 14,471 of them was named Linton, which outranked 36.5% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Linton
  1. #730Wellington9
  2. #730West9
  3. #730Zeno9
  4. #787Linton8
  5. #787Addie8
  6. #787Alden8
  7. #787Antone8
  8. #857Agnes7
  9. #857Alfonso7
  10. #857Alfredo7

Tied with 69 names at #787; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →