Meaning not yet researched.
Lincoln: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,703 in 2025. Its best rank was #40 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #40 in 2020; #69 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Lincoln in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#69 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #40.
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Lincoln: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,703 boys in 2025. Peak: #40 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 8,202 (2017).
In 2025, 4,703 US boys were named Lincoln, making it the 69th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #73 in 2024. That is 123 more than the 4,580 boys named Lincoln in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #40, reached in 2020. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,202, in 2017. For comparison, it was #66 in 2015 and #739 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lincoln in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 106,968 US babies have been given the name, 1.9% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 53,191 babies named Lincoln.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 63,747 US boys were named Lincoln; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 8,202. In 2025 that was about 1 in 363 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lincoln ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #12 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 37 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Link (2,689 babies since 1880) and Lyncoln (651 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Linkoln, Linc and Lynkoln are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Link.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Linkoln (607), Linc (199), Lynkoln (31).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 343 | #12 | #33 |
| New Hampshire | 48 | #14 | #39 |
| Maine | 36 | #17 | #31 |
| Michigan | 231 | #18 | #32 |
| Wyoming | 14 | #18 | #34 |
| Wisconsin | 135 | #21 | #24 |
| Indiana | 171 | #25 | #30 |
| Kentucky | 118 | #25 | #34 |
| North Dakota | 24 | #28 | #15 |
| South Dakota | 26 | #28 | #18 |
| Iowa | 74 | #29 | #12 |
| Minnesota | 124 | #29 | #25 |
| West Virginia | 39 | #31 | #35 |
| Idaho | 51 | #32 | #29 |
| Utah | 96 | #34 | #5 |
| Vermont | 11 | #35 | #38 |
| Kansas | 73 | #36 | #39 |
| Oklahoma | 82 | #36 | #44 |
| Missouri | 134 | #40 | #42 |
| Alaska | 15 | #44 | #43 |
| Montana | 22 | #47 | #46 |
| Pennsylvania | 230 | #48 | #67 |
| Tennessee | 142 | #52 | #61 |
| Nebraska | 39 | #55 | #71 |
| Oregon | 59 | #58 | #29 |
| Arkansas | 49 | #58 | #67 |
| North Carolina | 183 | #59 | #80 |
| Illinois | 160 | #65 | #70 |
| Washington | 109 | #65 | #35 |
| Virginia | 115 | #74 | #88 |
| South Carolina | 67 | #75 | #100 |
| Colorado | 85 | #75 | #56 |
| Arizona | 97 | #84 | #58 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | #85 | #85 |
| Massachusetts | 80 | #89 | #94 |
| Alabama | 55 | #96 | #130 |
| Maryland | 56 | #100 | #86 |
| Georgia | 114 | #101 | #99 |
| Florida | 221 | #103 | #98 |
| Connecticut | 36 | #105 | #144 |
| New Mexico | 18 | #110 | #91 |
| Nevada | 28 | #112 | #63 |
| Louisiana | 46 | #114 | #112 |
| Mississippi | 28 | #114 | #141 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #114 | #110 |
| Texas | 330 | #119 | #90 |
| Delaware | 9 | #122 | #68 |
| New York | 153 | #123 | #113 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #142 | #61 |
| New Jersey | 67 | #145 | #203 |
| California | 231 | #169 | #116 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,396 | 4,703 | #69 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,377 | 4,580 | #73 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,152 | 4,866 | #64 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,672 | 5,625 | #54 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,455 | 6,700 | #45 |
| 2020 | 183 | #1,243 | 7,061 | #40 |
| 2019 | 185 | #1,256 | 7,473 | #41 |
| 2018 | 165 | #1,368 | 7,408 | #41 |
| 2017 | 241 | #1,066 | 8,202 | #41 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,416 | 7,129 | #51 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,459 | 6,001 | #66 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,668 | 4,824 | #87 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,826 | 4,039 | #95 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,346 | 2,912 | #132 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,651 | 2,158 | #179 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,129 | 1,871 | #199 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,456 | 2,012 | #189 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,271 | 1,818 | #211 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,326 | 1,655 | #224 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,012 | 1,109 | #301 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,608 | 502 | #495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,372 | 413 | #555 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,970 | 410 | #549 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,030 | 329 | #610 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,872 | 309 | #616 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,579 | 247 | #711 |
| 1999 | — | — | 214 | #748 |
| 1998 | — | — | 165 | #883 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,537 | 156 | #889 |
| 1996 | — | — | 149 | #899 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,210 | 191 | #777 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,715 | 187 | #771 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,300 | 178 | #794 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,662 | 157 | #841 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,965 | 153 | #840 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,255 | 143 | #856 |
| 1989 | — | — | 123 | #918 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,167 | 122 | #861 |
| 1987 | — | — | 124 | #842 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,976 | 86 | #1,000 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,685 | 117 | #828 |
| 1984 | — | — | 141 | #734 |
| 1983 | — | — | 112 | #824 |
| 1982 | — | — | 119 | #811 |
| 1981 | — | — | 119 | #806 |
| 1980 | — | — | 95 | #916 |
| 1979 | — | — | 98 | #886 |
| 1978 | — | — | 95 | #885 |
| 1977 | — | — | 149 | #696 |
| 1976 | — | — | 151 | #668 |
| 1975 | — | — | 147 | #679 |
| 1974 | — | — | 108 | #775 |
| 1973 | — | — | 103 | #785 |
| 1972 | — | — | 140 | #680 |
| 1971 | — | — | 181 | #618 |
| 1970 | — | — | 146 | #687 |
| 1969 | — | — | 105 | #765 |
| 1968 | — | — | 71 | #863 |
| 1967 | — | — | 98 | #747 |
| 1966 | — | — | 116 | #689 |
| 1965 | — | — | 128 | #656 |
| 1964 | — | — | 202 | #557 |
| 1963 | — | — | 193 | #568 |
| 1962 | — | — | 143 | #648 |
| 1961 | — | — | 119 | #702 |
| 1960 | — | — | 85 | #829 |
| 1959 | — | — | 79 | #857 |
| 1958 | — | — | 72 | #891 |
| 1957 | — | — | 97 | #763 |
| 1956 | — | — | 72 | #885 |
| 1955 | — | — | 85 | #796 |
| 1954 | — | — | 68 | #899 |
| 1953 | — | — | 87 | #762 |
| 1952 | — | — | 95 | #723 |
| 1951 | — | — | 76 | #808 |
| 1950 | — | — | 87 | #739 |
| 1949 | — | — | 90 | #725 |
| 1948 | — | — | 75 | #791 |
| 1947 | — | — | 94 | #710 |
| 1946 | — | — | 75 | #771 |
| 1945 | — | — | 89 | #644 |
| 1944 | — | — | 76 | #713 |
| 1943 | — | — | 92 | #671 |
| 1942 | — | — | 96 | #658 |
| 1941 | — | — | 88 | #650 |
| 1940 | — | — | 70 | #733 |
| 1939 | — | — | 78 | #673 |
| 1938 | — | — | 76 | #697 |
| 1937 | — | — | 75 | #693 |
| 1936 | — | — | 72 | #706 |
| 1935 | — | — | 76 | #696 |
| 1934 | — | — | 92 | #628 |
| 1933 | — | — | 91 | #611 |
| 1932 | — | — | 96 | #603 |
| 1931 | — | — | 110 | #561 |
| 1930 | — | — | 86 | #674 |
| 1929 | — | — | 101 | #602 |
| 1928 | — | — | 130 | #531 |
| 1927 | — | — | 131 | #539 |
| 1926 | — | — | 144 | #506 |
| 1925 | — | — | 142 | #512 |
| 1924 | — | — | 156 | #494 |
| 1923 | — | — | 133 | #529 |
| 1922 | — | — | 108 | #622 |
| 1921 | — | — | 120 | #579 |
| 1920 | — | — | 137 | #523 |
| 1919 | — | — | 117 | #555 |
| 1918 | — | — | 128 | #534 |
| 1917 | — | — | 127 | #511 |
| 1916 | — | — | 130 | #499 |
| 1915 | — | — | 118 | #513 |
| 1914 | — | — | 103 | #479 |
| 1913 | — | — | 63 | #548 |
| 1912 | — | — | 49 | #576 |
| 1911 | — | — | 34 | #511 |
| 1910 | — | — | 36 | #459 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #443 |
| 1908 | — | — | 20 | #571 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #763 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #558 |
| 1905 | — | — | 19 | #539 |
| 1904 | — | — | 15 | #602 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #721 |
| 1902 | — | — | 17 | #531 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #709 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #545 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #534 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #852 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #570 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #614 |
| 1895 | — | — | 26 | #375 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #704 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #636 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #489 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #463 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #553 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #513 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #515 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #717 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #915 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #589 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #545 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #528 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #954 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #620 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).