Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Linda

#5 most common girls' name of all time · #20 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#5
Rank overall
#20 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,458,899
Since 2016
3,570
Peak year
1947 #1
Best rank
#1 1947
Girls Boys peak 99,908/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Linda is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 294 — 294 #902
2024 324 — 324 #836
2023 324 — 324 #841
2022 352 — 352 #801
2021 328 — 328 #841
2020 334 — 334 #814
2019 362 — 362 #768
2018 398 — 398 #718
2017 410 — 410 #704
2016 444 — 444 #659
2015 429 — 429 #665
2014 475 — 475 #612
2013 447 — 447 #626
2012 450 — 450 #633
2011 491 — 491 #588
2010 480 — 480 #614
2009 555 — 555 #549
2008 614 — 614 #507
2007 662 — 662 #492
2006 700 — 700 #451
2005 754 — 754 #415
2004 731 — 731 #418
2003 741 — 741 #409
2002 773 — 773 #382
2001 839 — 839 #354
2000 851 — 851 #357
1999 900 — 900 #336
1998 972 — 972 #313
1997 1,099 — 1,099 #263
1996 987 — 987 #293
1995 1,234 — 1,234 #230
1994 1,284 11 1,295 #221
1993 1,488 7 1,495 #198
1992 1,582 12 1,594 #191
1991 1,608 10 1,618 #187
1990 1,661 11 1,672 #175
1989 1,844 17 1,861 #157
1988 1,845 9 1,854 #155
1987 1,931 15 1,946 #142
1986 1,950 21 1,971 #148
1985 2,114 12 2,126 #137
1984 2,336 12 2,348 #119
1983 2,474 24 2,498 #119
1982 2,791 19 2,810 #107
1981 2,728 15 2,743 #111
1980 2,806 18 2,824 #111
1979 2,739 16 2,755 #114
1978 2,932 15 2,947 #100
1977 2,912 22 2,934 #99
1976 3,138 12 3,150 #90
1975 3,522 20 3,542 #81
1974 4,077 21 4,098 #75
1973 4,731 20 4,751 #61
1972 5,742 33 5,775 #51
1971 7,376 27 7,403 #42
1970 8,731 38 8,769 #38
1969 10,246 49 10,295 #33
1968 11,371 41 11,412 #28
1967 13,196 33 13,229 #26
1966 15,566 53 15,619 #18
1965 19,345 63 19,408 #8
1964 23,629 93 23,722 #8
1963 27,727 85 27,812 #5
1962 31,461 85 31,546 #5
1961 35,597 86 35,683 #4
1960 37,316 96 37,412 #3
1959 40,410 121 40,531 #3
1958 41,904 95 41,999 #3
1957 44,517 120 44,637 #3
1956 48,084 107 48,191 #3
1955 51,300 104 51,404 #3
1954 55,371 116 55,487 #2
1953 61,281 114 61,395 #2
1952 67,082 137 67,219 #1
1951 73,982 125 74,107 #1
1950 80,433 130 80,563 #1
1949 91,015 169 91,184 #1
1948 96,220 207 96,427 #1
1947 99,692 216 99,908 #1
1946 52,710 115 52,825 #2
1945 41,465 111 41,576 #2
1944 38,415 114 38,529 #3
1943 38,439 137 38,576 #4
1942 31,613 121 31,734 #4
1941 23,721 80 23,801 #5
1940 18,370 59 18,429 #8
1939 10,713 44 10,757 #15
1938 7,047 28 7,075 #31
1937 4,378 19 4,397 #49
1936 2,440 9 2,449 #97
1935 1,197 10 1,207 #165
1934 1,000 — 1,000 #182
1933 782 9 791 #216
1932 774 5 779 #219
1931 535 — 535 #269
1930 492 — 492 #299
1929 509 7 516 #289
1928 555 — 555 #277
1927 516 — 516 #295
1926 480 — 480 #305
1925 438 6 444 #320
1924 454 — 454 #314
1923 423 — 423 #312
1922 365 — 365 #339
1921 367 — 367 #341
1920 348 — 348 #352
1919 282 — 282 #386
1918 322 — 322 #359
1917 291 — 291 #370
1916 297 — 297 #356
1915 290 — 290 #349
1914 219 — 219 #358
1913 238 — 238 #306
1912 189 — 189 #330
1911 130 — 130 #351
1910 137 — 137 #336
1909 105 — 105 #353
1908 93 — 93 #372
1907 102 — 102 #350
1906 98 — 98 #337
1905 105 — 105 #331
1904 101 — 101 #325
1903 90 — 90 #328
1902 91 — 91 #328
1901 86 — 86 #326
1900 125 — 125 #295
1899 98 — 98 #298
1898 102 — 102 #311
1897 81 — 81 #327
1896 104 — 104 #287
1895 96 — 96 #290
1894 94 — 94 #286
1893 82 — 82 #303
1892 83 — 83 #298
1891 78 — 78 #284
1890 54 — 54 #348
1889 74 — 74 #277
1888 77 — 77 #263
1887 50 — 50 #305
1886 49 — 49 #296
1885 60 — 60 #258
1884 33 — 33 #341
1883 49 — 49 #260
1882 36 — 36 #294
1881 38 — 38 #267
1880 27 — 27 #305