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Linton
A given name in English
Language context for this entry: English
No sourced pronunciation yet
- Origin
- Not established
- 1 language context
- English
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- 1 cited source Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Linton
Linton is a masculine given name documented in English.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
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Where Linton is used
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United States
Statistics + language records
United States, 2023: 6 boys (rank 10821). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
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United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Linton
Recorded category boys
- Latest · 2023
- 6
- applications
- Rank #10,821
- Peak year
- 1922
- 50 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | 5 | 892 | observed |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | 6 | 836 | observed |
| 1886 | 6 | 845 | observed |
| 1887 | 5 | 921 | observed |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | 11 | 581 | observed |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | 6 | 841 | observed |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 8 | 787 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | 7 | 900 | observed |
| 1897 | 7 | 852 | observed |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | 7 | 933 | observed |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | 5 | 1,233 | observed |
| 1906 | 5 | 1,253 | observed |
| 1907 | 8 | 999 | observed |
| 1908 | 11 | 825 | observed |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | 5 | 1,589 | observed |
| 1911 | 10 | 1,117 | observed |
| 1912 | 21 | 1,000 | observed |
| 1913 | 13 | 1,497 | observed |
| 1914 | 21 | 1,300 | observed |
| 1915 | 22 | 1,454 | observed |
| 1916 | 33 | 1,138 | observed |
| 1917 | 36 | 1,113 | observed |
| 1918 | 25 | 1,446 | observed |
| 1919 | 45 | 1,009 | observed |
| 1920 | 39 | 1,139 | observed |
| 1921 | 31 | 1,329 | observed |
| 1922 | 50 | 999 | observed |
| 1923 | 40 | 1,128 | observed |
| 1924 | 39 | 1,152 | observed |
| 1925 | 23 | 1,583 | observed |
| 1926 | 33 | 1,264 | observed |
| 1927 | 36 | 1,198 | observed |
| 1928 | 32 | 1,272 | observed |
| 1929 | 35 | 1,173 | observed |
| 1930 | 28 | 1,368 | observed |
| 1931 | 27 | 1,333 | observed |
| 1932 | 24 | 1,426 | observed |
| 1933 | 26 | 1,310 | observed |
| 1934 | 35 | 1,116 | observed |
| 1935 | 30 | 1,226 | observed |
| 1936 | 37 | 1,051 | observed |
| 1937 | 28 | 1,265 | observed |
| 1938 | 41 | 992 | observed |
| 1939 | 25 | 1,323 | observed |
| 1940 | 37 | 1,067 | observed |
| 1941 | 25 | 1,333 | observed |
| 1942 | 44 | 1,007 | observed |
| 1943 | 38 | 1,106 | observed |
| 1944 | 24 | 1,370 | observed |
| 1945 | 24 | 1,349 | observed |
| 1946 | 47 | 980 | observed |
| 1947 | 44 | 1,093 | observed |
| 1948 | 41 | 1,107 | observed |
| 1949 | 41 | 1,097 | observed |
| 1950 | 37 | 1,181 | observed |
| 1951 | 31 | 1,332 | observed |
| 1952 | 38 | 1,195 | observed |
| 1953 | 31 | 1,357 | observed |
| 1954 | 37 | 1,227 | observed |
| 1955 | 30 | 1,396 | observed |
| 1956 | 38 | 1,232 | observed |
| 1957 | 24 | 1,634 | observed |
| 1958 | 19 | 1,838 | observed |
| 1959 | 23 | 1,665 | observed |
| 1960 | 31 | 1,434 | observed |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,097 | observed |
| 1962 | 28 | 1,479 | observed |
| 1963 | 27 | 1,513 | observed |
| 1964 | 24 | 1,615 | observed |
| 1965 | 16 | 1,987 | observed |
| 1966 | 14 | 2,132 | observed |
| 1967 | 19 | 1,809 | observed |
| 1968 | 25 | 1,574 | observed |
| 1969 | 20 | 1,861 | observed |
| 1970 | 25 | 1,743 | observed |
| 1971 | 16 | 2,366 | observed |
| 1972 | 18 | 2,158 | observed |
| 1973 | 16 | 2,405 | observed |
| 1974 | 13 | 2,799 | observed |
| 1975 | 16 | 2,540 | observed |
| 1976 | 11 | 3,264 | observed |
| 1977 | 16 | 2,665 | observed |
| 1978 | 10 | 3,614 | observed |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,357 | observed |
| 1980 | 14 | 3,098 | observed |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,030 | observed |
| 1982 | 21 | 2,341 | observed |
| 1983 | 15 | 2,912 | observed |
| 1984 | 12 | 3,459 | observed |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,698 | observed |
| 1986 | 20 | 2,601 | observed |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,573 | observed |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,705 | observed |
| 1989 | 15 | 3,618 | observed |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,415 | observed |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,760 | observed |
| 1992 | 14 | 4,114 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,452 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 12 | 4,878 | observed |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,110 | observed |
| 1998 | 14 | 4,650 | observed |
| 1999 | 5 | 9,912 | observed |
| 2000 | 11 | 5,920 | observed |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,339 | observed |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | 5 | 10,894 | observed |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,356 | observed |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | 8 | 8,732 | observed |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,788 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,491 | observed |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,803 | observed |
| 2011 | 6 | 10,808 | observed |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,770 | observed |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,789 | observed |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,644 | observed |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,744 | observed |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,840 | observed |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | 8 | 8,889 | observed |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,022 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | 6 | 10,821 | observed |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Linton” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
History
Notable bearers
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Linton Kwesi Johnson
born 1952Jamaican dub poet
Jeffrey Osborne
born 1948American singer
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms1
- Wikidata Q51577071CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.