Linn**
#2,887 most common boys' name of all time · #6,976 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1882–2005 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,887
Rank overall
#6,976 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
2,294
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #1,324
Best rank
#924 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Linn first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,954 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,971 |
| 1985 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #5,191 |
| 1984 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #5,606 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,537 |
| 1982 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #5,048 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1980 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,863 |
| 1979 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #4,881 |
| 1978 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #4,187 |
| 1977 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #4,622 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,353 |
| 1974 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,970 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,740 |
| 1972 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,837 |
| 1971 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #3,399 |
| 1970 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #2,529 |
| 1969 | 15 | 17 | 32 | #2,063 |
| 1968 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #2,220 |
| 1967 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #2,631 |
| 1966 | 19 | 13 | 32 | #2,236 |
| 1965 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #2,498 |
| 1964 | 17 | 16 | 33 | #2,057 |
| 1963 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #1,919 |
| 1962 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #1,906 |
| 1961 | 29 | 20 | 49 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 32 | 43 | 75 | #1,198 |
| 1959 | 36 | 31 | 67 | #1,425 |
| 1958 | 27 | 33 | 60 | #1,350 |
| 1957 | 21 | 30 | 51 | #1,442 |
| 1956 | 50 | 34 | 84 | #1,324 |
| 1955 | 35 | 32 | 67 | #1,347 |
| 1954 | 33 | 27 | 60 | #1,479 |
| 1953 | 27 | 37 | 64 | #1,236 |
| 1952 | 35 | 36 | 71 | #1,234 |
| 1951 | 17 | 44 | 61 | #1,085 |
| 1950 | 24 | 35 | 59 | #1,223 |
| 1949 | 29 | 43 | 72 | #1,074 |
| 1948 | 32 | 35 | 67 | #1,225 |
| 1947 | 18 | 50 | 68 | #1,021 |
| 1946 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #1,068 |
| 1945 | 15 | 41 | 56 | #998 |
| 1944 | 9 | 29 | 38 | #1,243 |
| 1943 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #1,349 |
| 1942 | 15 | 36 | 51 | #1,146 |
| 1941 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #1,241 |
| 1940 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,263 |
| 1939 | 8 | 26 | 34 | #1,305 |
| 1938 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,449 |
| 1937 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,988 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,306 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1933 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,727 |
| 1932 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,131 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,506 |
| 1930 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1929 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,812 |
| 1928 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,621 |
| 1927 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,819 |
| 1926 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,219 |
| 1924 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,593 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,042 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,044 |
| 1921 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,286 |
| 1920 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,624 |
| 1919 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,172 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,908 |
| 1917 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,592 |
| 1916 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,287 |
| 1915 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,344 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,142 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,458 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,094 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,800 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,087 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,112 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #924 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #931 |