Linton
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,360since 1883
Linton over time
Rank among boys' names. Linton has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,227 | 37 |
| 1953 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 38 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 31 |
| 1950 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,097 | 41 |
| 1948 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #992 | 41 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #1,226 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,264 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1922 | #999 | 50 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#322 · 1 in 3,669
- Louisiana#429 · 1 in 4,524
Best ever in a state: #217 in Georgia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #322 | 10 | 1 in 3,669 |
| Louisiana | #429 | 6 | 1 in 4,524 |
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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 Linton
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1889 at #581 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1885–1887
- 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%)
- 15.5% of all boys named Linton (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #581 (1889) | #815 |
| 1890s | 28 | #787 (1894) | #845 |
| 1900s | 36 | #825 (1908) | #1,049 |
| 1910s | 231 | #1,000 (1912) | #1,266 |
| 1920s | 358 | #999 (1922) | #1,224 |
| 1930s | 301 | #992 (1938) | #1,241 |
| 1940s | 365 | #980 (1946) | #1,151 |
| 1950s | 308 | #1,181 (1950) | #1,406 |
| 1960s | 212 | #1,434 (1960) | #1,850 |
| 1970s | 153 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,691 |
| 1980s | 141 | #2,341 (1982) | #3,404 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,114 (1992) | #6,036 |
| 2000s | 48 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,646 |
| 2010s | 56 | #8,789 (2013) | #9,786 |
| 2020s | 11 | #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 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 37,560 of them was named Linton, which outranked 72.6% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,088Vernie39
- #1,088Webster39
- #1,088Woodie39
- #1,106Linton38
- #1,106Arlon38
- #1,106Arnulfo38
- #1,106Benson38
- #1,120Casimir37
- #1,120Darvin37
- #1,120Deane37
Tied with 13 names at #1,106; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.