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.

Linden**

#1,542 most common boys' name of all time · #3,739 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1889–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,542
Rank overall
#3,739 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
6,100
Since 2016
1,826
Peak year
2025 #1,412
Best rank
#930 1947
Girls Boys peak 210/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Linden first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 81 129 210 #1,412
2024 70 114 184 #1,543
2023 70 95 165 #1,737
2022 90 95 185 #1,751
2021 75 112 187 #1,555
2020 73 107 180 #1,540
2019 80 100 180 #1,637
2018 81 106 187 #1,578
2017 77 107 184 #1,530
2016 65 99 164 #1,621
2015 78 89 167 #1,731
2014 58 70 128 #2,023
2013 65 54 119 #2,336
2012 59 59 118 #2,212
2011 51 68 119 #2,003
2010 62 58 120 #2,241
2009 44 60 104 #2,205
2008 35 55 90 #2,350
2007 46 42 88 #2,819
2006 35 43 78 #2,699
2005 28 35 63 #2,965
2004 20 44 64 #2,492
2003 27 35 62 #2,791
2002 17 24 41 #3,561
2001 20 25 45 #3,415
2000 19 14 33 #5,060
1999 23 28 51 #2,953
1998 14 33 47 #2,556
1997 17 26 43 #2,909
1996 23 20 43 #3,419
1995 10 20 30 #3,314
1994 21 24 45 #2,961
1993 17 12 29 #4,723
1992 30 22 52 #3,013
1991 22 14 36 #4,035
1990 16 22 38 #2,877
1989 18 25 43 #2,555
1988 13 13 26 #3,732
1987 21 23 44 #2,411
1986 31 16 47 #3,024
1985 22 19 41 #2,615
1984 20 13 33 #3,291
1983 26 22 48 #2,285
1982 15 17 32 #2,736
1981 16 22 38 #2,281
1980 7 13 20 #3,278
1979 5 15 20 #2,918
1978 6 7 13 #4,614
1977 8 9 17 #3,878
1976 9 11 20 #3,296
1975 — 10 10 #3,462
1974 — 11 11 #3,162
1973 — 18 18 #2,237
1972 — 14 14 #2,563
1971 — 14 14 #2,581
1970 — 18 18 #2,145
1969 — 16 16 #2,154
1968 — 13 13 #2,347
1967 — 18 18 #1,867
1966 — 11 11 #2,512
1965 5 22 27 #1,690
1964 — 25 25 #1,591
1963 6 29 35 #1,468
1962 7 38 45 #1,265
1961 7 28 35 #1,533
1960 6 31 37 #1,447
1959 10 32 42 #1,399
1958 16 46 62 #1,141
1957 11 38 49 #1,274
1956 5 47 52 #1,114
1955 10 38 48 #1,228
1954 8 40 48 #1,195
1953 8 49 57 #1,038
1952 13 34 47 #1,279
1951 8 35 43 #1,252
1950 9 32 41 #1,282
1949 7 40 47 #1,116
1948 6 43 49 #1,085
1947 8 57 65 #930
1946 6 41 47 #1,087
1945 6 31 37 #1,193
1944 — 43 43 #998
1943 — 46 46 #994
1942 — 44 44 #1,021
1941 — 30 30 #1,223
1940 — 39 39 #1,041
1939 — 31 31 #1,185
1938 — 30 30 #1,213
1937 — 33 33 #1,162
1936 — 21 21 #1,485
1935 — 24 24 #1,408
1934 — 14 14 #1,972
1933 — 35 35 #1,113
1932 — 20 20 #1,615
1931 — 20 20 #1,622
1930 — 30 30 #1,313
1929 — 21 21 #1,638
1928 — 22 22 #1,630
1927 — 47 47 #1,026
1926 — 23 23 #1,581
1925 — 23 23 #1,605
1924 — 17 17 #1,986
1923 — 32 32 #1,287
1922 — 25 25 #1,521
1921 — 22 22 #1,672
1920 — 28 28 #1,398
1919 — 14 14 #2,190
1918 — 22 22 #1,621
1917 — 28 28 #1,312
1916 — 24 24 #1,442
1915 — 25 25 #1,360
1914 — 15 15 #1,645
1913 — 14 14 #1,471
1912 — 7 7 #2,120
1911 — 6 6 #1,644
1910 — 8 8 #1,283
1908 — 5 5 #1,488
1907 — 5 5 #1,453
1889 — 5 5 #1,104