Meaning not yet researched.
Linus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 82 in 2025. Its best rank was #625 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #625 in 1882; #1,913 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Linus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,913 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #625.
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Linus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 82 boys in 2025. Peak: #625 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 166 (2017).
In 2025, 82 US boys were named Linus, making it the 1,913th most common boys’ name of the year, down 488 places from #1,425 in 2024. That is 47 fewer than the 129 boys named Linus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #625, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 166, in 2017. For comparison, it was #1,155 in 2015 and #1,382 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Linus in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 10 babies. In all, 5,342 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,396 babies named Linus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,244 US boys were named Linus; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 166. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Linus ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #599 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Lenis, Linas and Lenus are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lenis (225), Linas (117), Lenus (73), Lianys (30), Lianis (18), Lynus (15), Lynis (5), Linnis (5), Lenes (5).
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 Linus 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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 8 | #599 | #823 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #687 | #679 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,207 | #1,183 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,221 | #1,050 |
| California | 7 | #2,109 | #1,001 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 82 | #1,913 |
| 2024 | — | — | 129 | #1,425 |
| 2023 | — | — | 114 | #1,542 |
| 2022 | — | — | 126 | #1,442 |
| 2021 | — | — | 113 | #1,550 |
| 2020 | — | — | 124 | #1,405 |
| 2019 | — | — | 112 | #1,520 |
| 2018 | — | — | 147 | #1,259 |
| 2017 | — | — | 166 | #1,147 |
| 2016 | — | — | 131 | #1,363 |
| 2015 | — | — | 163 | #1,155 |
| 2014 | — | — | 163 | #1,160 |
| 2013 | — | — | 130 | #1,325 |
| 2012 | — | — | 141 | #1,257 |
| 2011 | — | — | 126 | #1,349 |
| 2010 | — | — | 117 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | — | — | 111 | #1,508 |
| 2008 | — | — | 113 | #1,460 |
| 2007 | — | — | 91 | #1,679 |
| 2006 | — | — | 66 | #2,027 |
| 2005 | — | — | 66 | #1,935 |
| 2004 | — | — | 63 | #1,946 |
| 2003 | — | — | 50 | #2,193 |
| 2002 | — | — | 41 | #2,458 |
| 2001 | — | — | 44 | #2,297 |
| 2000 | — | — | 48 | #2,113 |
| 1999 | — | — | 49 | #1,981 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,830 |
| 1997 | — | — | 32 | #2,529 |
| 1996 | — | — | 23 | #3,167 |
| 1995 | — | — | 18 | #3,641 |
| 1994 | — | — | 18 | #3,697 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,227 |
| 1992 | — | — | 16 | #3,857 |
| 1991 | — | — | 6 | #7,856 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,430 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,637 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,447 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,697 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #4,984 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,097 |
| 1983 | — | — | 8 | #4,743 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,369 |
| 1981 | — | — | 14 | #3,145 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,799 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,280 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #3,012 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,504 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,627 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,843 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,417 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,347 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,610 |
| 1971 | — | — | 21 | #2,025 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,585 |
| 1969 | — | — | 19 | #1,954 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,006 |
| 1966 | — | — | 24 | #1,603 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1964 | — | — | 19 | #1,877 |
| 1963 | — | — | 26 | #1,568 |
| 1962 | — | — | 31 | #1,414 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,671 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,374 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,841 |
| 1958 | — | — | 35 | #1,313 |
| 1957 | — | — | 25 | #1,613 |
| 1956 | — | — | 32 | #1,371 |
| 1955 | — | — | 31 | #1,388 |
| 1954 | — | — | 30 | #1,398 |
| 1953 | — | — | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1952 | — | — | 31 | #1,364 |
| 1951 | — | — | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1950 | — | — | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1949 | — | — | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1948 | — | — | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1947 | — | — | 29 | #1,384 |
| 1946 | — | — | 24 | #1,457 |
| 1945 | — | — | 32 | #1,175 |
| 1944 | — | — | 33 | #1,164 |
| 1943 | — | — | 35 | #1,163 |
| 1942 | — | — | 43 | #1,032 |
| 1941 | — | — | 34 | #1,144 |
| 1940 | — | — | 45 | #958 |
| 1939 | — | — | 28 | #1,257 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,022 |
| 1937 | — | — | 25 | #1,360 |
| 1936 | — | — | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1935 | — | — | 36 | #1,089 |
| 1934 | — | — | 31 | #1,205 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,268 |
| 1932 | — | — | 39 | #1,083 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,271 |
| 1930 | — | — | 34 | #1,227 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1928 | — | — | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1927 | — | — | 46 | #1,035 |
| 1926 | — | — | 61 | #847 |
| 1925 | — | — | 54 | #919 |
| 1924 | — | — | 48 | #1,029 |
| 1923 | — | — | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1922 | — | — | 45 | #1,053 |
| 1921 | — | — | 62 | #888 |
| 1920 | — | — | 55 | #936 |
| 1919 | — | — | 46 | #1,006 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #957 |
| 1917 | — | — | 51 | #896 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #908 |
| 1915 | — | — | 47 | #911 |
| 1914 | — | — | 30 | #1,040 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #889 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,047 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,247 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,268 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,387 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,354 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,043 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,253 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #942 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1894 | — | — | 7 | #916 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #882 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #997 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,026 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #643 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #625 |
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).