Linton
Linton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 606th, in 1889.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192250 births
- Best rank
- #606in 1889
- Since 1883
- 2,360people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,360 boys have been named Linton in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 50 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 50 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 15%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Linton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | |
| 1890s | 28 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 231 | |
| 1920s | 358 | |
| 1930s | 301 | |
| 1940s | 365 | |
| 1950s | 308 | |
| 1960s | 212 | |
| 1970s | 153 | |
| 1980s | 141 | |
| 1990s | 79 | |
| 2000s | 48 | |
| 2010s | 56 | |
| 2020s | 11 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Linton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Linton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thurmanpeak 1920
- Boydpeak 1922
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Burlpeak 1921
- Fredericpeak 1947
- Burnettpeak 1920
- Meltonpeak 1921
- Petepeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.