Meaning not yet researched.
Linden: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 129 in 2025. Its best rank was #929 in 1947.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #929 in 1947; #1,415 in 2025. About 61% of babies named Linden in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,415 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1947, at #929.
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Linden: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 129 boys in 2025. Peak: #929 in 1947 · most boys in one year: 129 (2025).
In 2025, 129 US boys were named Linden, making it the 1,415th most common boys’ name of the year, up 128 places from #1,543 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 114 boys named Linden in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #929, reached in 1947. The most boys given the name in a single year was 129, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,734 in 2015 and #1,280 in 1950.
In 2025, 81 US girls were named Linden, making it the 2,269th most common girls’ name of the year, up 278 places from #2,547 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 70 girls named Linden in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,133, reached in 2022. That year also had the most girls given the name: 90. For comparison, it was #2,367 in 2015 and #3,830 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Linden in 119 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1889 with 5 babies. In all, 6,100 US babies have been given the name, 33% of them girls and 67% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,486 babies named Linden.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,064 US boys were named Linden; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 129. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,241 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Linden ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #747 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lynden (2,272 babies since 1880) and Lyndon (10,120 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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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.
No nicknames listed for Linden in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 6 | #747 | — |
| Missouri | 7 | #761 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #766 | #863 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,086 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,128 | — |
| California | 14 | #1,342 | #1,505 |
| New York | 7 | #1,504 | #1,984 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,206 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,269 | 129 | #1,415 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,547 | 114 | #1,543 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,542 | 95 | #1,740 |
| 2022 | 90 | #2,133 | 95 | #1,758 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,403 | 112 | #1,562 |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,409 | 107 | #1,549 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,281 | 100 | #1,640 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,264 | 106 | #1,580 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,372 | 107 | #1,538 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,683 | 99 | #1,626 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,367 | 89 | #1,734 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,958 | 70 | #2,034 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,698 | 54 | #2,351 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,922 | 59 | #2,226 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,250 | 68 | #2,012 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,824 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,653 | 60 | #2,220 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,413 | 55 | #2,365 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,573 | 42 | #2,850 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,219 | 43 | #2,722 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,782 | 35 | #2,993 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,118 | 44 | #2,519 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,755 | 35 | #2,825 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,560 | 24 | #3,626 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,727 | 25 | #3,472 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,842 | 14 | #5,212 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,810 | 28 | #2,990 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,931 | 33 | #2,583 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,769 | 26 | #2,950 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,522 | 20 | #3,494 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,460 | 20 | #3,389 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,770 | 24 | #2,999 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,581 | 12 | #4,894 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,631 | 22 | #3,073 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,589 | 14 | #4,145 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,712 | 22 | #2,922 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,970 | 25 | #2,580 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,116 | 13 | #3,812 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,067 | 23 | #2,433 |
| 1986 | 31 | #3,019 | 16 | #3,073 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,791 | 19 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,932 | 13 | #3,386 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,200 | 22 | #2,313 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,835 | 17 | #2,778 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,638 | 22 | #2,300 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,669 | 13 | #3,361 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,159 | 15 | #2,969 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,204 | 7 | #4,845 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,259 | 9 | #4,032 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,354 | 11 | #3,394 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,575 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,245 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,284 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,609 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,641 |
| 1970 | — | — | 18 | #2,181 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,189 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,402 |
| 1967 | — | — | 18 | #1,877 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,089 | 22 | #1,698 |
| 1964 | — | — | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,264 | 29 | #1,471 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,593 | 38 | #1,268 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,615 | 28 | #1,539 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,080 | 31 | #1,451 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,182 | 32 | #1,400 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,029 | 46 | #1,144 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,823 | 38 | #1,274 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,478 | 47 | #1,115 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,936 | 38 | #1,232 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,487 | 40 | #1,192 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,429 | 49 | #1,041 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,125 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,220 | 35 | #1,253 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,830 | 32 | #1,280 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,480 | 40 | #1,121 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,998 | 43 | #1,088 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,195 | 57 | #929 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,740 | 41 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,309 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1944 | — | — | 43 | #997 |
| 1943 | — | — | 46 | #990 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,017 |
| 1941 | — | — | 30 | #1,224 |
| 1940 | — | — | 39 | #1,041 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,182 |
| 1938 | — | — | 30 | #1,210 |
| 1937 | — | — | 33 | #1,157 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,486 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,412 |
| 1934 | — | — | 14 | #1,983 |
| 1933 | — | — | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1932 | — | — | 20 | #1,625 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,620 |
| 1930 | — | — | 30 | #1,319 |
| 1929 | — | — | 21 | #1,648 |
| 1928 | — | — | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1927 | — | — | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1926 | — | — | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1925 | — | — | 23 | #1,611 |
| 1924 | — | — | 17 | #2,015 |
| 1923 | — | — | 32 | #1,290 |
| 1922 | — | — | 25 | #1,530 |
| 1921 | — | — | 22 | #1,683 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,409 |
| 1919 | — | — | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1918 | — | — | 22 | #1,635 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,314 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,450 |
| 1915 | — | — | 25 | #1,360 |
| 1914 | — | — | 15 | #1,655 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,478 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,158 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,653 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,266 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,516 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,461 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,047 |
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).