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
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 227 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,776since 1880
Linwood over time
Rank among boys' names. Linwood has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,509 | 29 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,766 | 43 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,793 | 36 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,457 | 47 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,164 | 62 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,111 | 67 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,098 | 68 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,193 | 58 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,060 | 67 | |
| 1977 | — | #949 | 81 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #933 | 77 | |
| 1974 | — | #936 | 76 | |
| 1973 | — | #914 | 77 | |
| 1972 | — | #797 | 100 | |
| 1971 | — | #799 | 101 | |
| 1970 | — | #763 | 117 | |
| 1969 | — | #736 | 113 | |
| 1968 | — | #723 | 107 | |
| 1967 | — | #653 | 130 | |
| 1966 | — | #734 | 101 | |
| 1965 | — | #635 | 140 | |
| 1964 | — | #629 | 152 | |
| 1963 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1962 | — | #602 | 166 | |
| 1961 | — | #619 | 165 | |
| 1960 | — | #591 | 175 | |
| 1959 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1958 | — | #539 | 204 | |
| 1957 | — | #537 | 208 | |
| 1956 | — | #517 | 213 | |
| 1955 | — | #480 | 233 | |
| 1954 | — | #453 | 254 | |
| 1953 | — | #442 | 261 | |
| 1952 | — | #451 | 246 | |
| 1951 | — | #458 | 219 | |
| 1950 | — | #409 | 272 | |
| 1949 | — | #407 | 272 | |
| 1948 | — | #409 | 276 | |
| 1947 | — | #433 | 247 | |
| 1946 | — | #416 | 233 | |
| 1945 | — | #396 | 227 | |
| 1944 | — | #411 | 214 | |
| 1943 | — | #407 | 230 | |
| 1942 | — | #423 | 210 | |
| 1941 | — | #434 | 182 | |
| 1940 | — | #455 | 163 | |
| 1939 | — | #446 | 164 | |
| 1938 | — | #425 | 180 | |
| 1937 | — | #412 | 189 | |
| 1936 | — | #450 | 156 | |
| 1935 | — | #456 | 156 | |
| 1934 | — | #428 | 173 | |
| 1933 | — | #457 | 146 | |
| 1932 | — | #420 | 177 | |
| 1931 | — | #447 | 157 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #437 | 181 |
| 1929 | — | #464 | 161 | |
| 1928 | — | #420 | 201 | |
| 1927 | — | #421 | 206 | |
| 1926 | — | #455 | 175 | |
| 1925 | — | #456 | 175 | |
| 1924 | — | #444 | 189 | |
| 1923 | — | #465 | 174 | |
| 1922 | — | #438 | 192 | |
| 1921 | — | #458 | 179 | |
| 1920 | — | #479 | 161 | |
| 1919 | — | #474 | 159 | |
| 1918 | — | #512 | 137 | |
| 1917 | — | #470 | 147 | |
| 1916 | — | #468 | 149 | |
| 1915 | — | #475 | 135 | |
| 1914 | — | #440 | 119 | |
| 1913 | — | #451 | 91 | |
| 1912 | — | #456 | 75 | |
| 1911 | — | #457 | 41 | |
| 1910 | — | #421 | 41 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #475 | 27 | |
| 1907 | — | #495 | 22 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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.
Where Linwood is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#208 · 1 in 1,525
- North Carolina#260 · 1 in 2,186
Best ever in a state: #39 in Maine, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #208 | 21 | 1 in 1,525 |
| North Carolina | #260 | 17 | 1 in 2,186 |
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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 Linwood
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1945 at #396 (227 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1886–1975
- 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
- 18.1% of all boys named Linwood (2,316) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #597 (1883) | #742 |
| 1890s | 114 | #521 (1899) | #643 |
| 1900s | 195 | #440 (1902) | #525 |
| 1910s | 1,094 | #421 (1910) | #462 |
| 1920s | 1,813 | #420 (1928) | #450 |
| 1930s | 1,679 | #412 (1937) | #438 |
| 1940s | 2,254 | #396 (1945) | #419 |
| 1950s | 2,316 | #409 (1950) | #483 |
| 1960s | 1,398 | #591 (1960) | #656 |
| 1970s | 805 | #763 (1970) | #955 |
| 1980s | 480 | #1,098 (1980) | #1,496 |
| 1990s | 276 | #1,870 (1990) | #2,765 |
| 2000s | 147 | #3,626 (2003) | #5,701 |
| 2010s | 91 | #6,324 (2015) | #8,473 |
| 2020s | 53 | #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 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 24,505 of them was named Linwood, which outranked 84.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,057Forest68
- #1,057Jerrell68
- #1,057Levon68
- #1,060Linwood67
- #1,060Douglass67
- #1,060Eldon67
- #1,060Jameson67
- #1,066Brien66
- #1,066Bruno66
- #1,066Burt66
Tied with 5 names at #1,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.