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.

Linton

#2,847 most common boys' name of all time · #6,858 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1883–2023

Rank among boys
#2,847
Rank overall
#6,858 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
2,360
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1922 #1,004
Best rank
#626 1889
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Linton first appears in 1883. 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
2023 — 6 6 #10,856
2020 — 5 5 #12,068
2019 — 8 8 #8,919
2017 — 8 8 #8,868
2016 — 6 6 #10,773
2015 — 6 6 #10,682
2013 — 8 8 #8,826
2012 — 6 6 #10,809
2011 — 6 6 #10,852
2010 — 8 8 #8,838
2009 — 5 5 #12,554
2007 — 7 7 #9,823
2006 — 8 8 #8,759
2004 — 5 5 #11,393
2003 — 5 5 #10,944
2001 — 7 7 #8,377
2000 — 11 11 #5,942
1999 — 5 5 #9,959
1998 — 14 14 #4,669
1997 — 6 6 #8,158
1996 — 12 12 #4,892
1994 — 10 10 #5,479
1992 — 14 14 #4,126
1991 — 11 11 #4,785
1990 — 7 7 #6,459
1989 — 15 15 #3,638
1988 — 13 13 #3,721
1987 — 9 9 #4,603
1986 — 20 20 #2,611
1985 — 8 8 #4,733
1984 — 12 12 #3,486
1983 — 15 15 #2,932
1982 — 21 21 #2,354
1981 — 14 14 #3,054
1980 — 14 14 #3,116
1979 — 12 12 #3,378
1978 — 10 10 #3,637
1977 — 16 16 #2,685
1976 — 11 11 #3,289
1975 — 16 16 #2,562
1974 — 13 13 #2,821
1973 — 16 16 #2,424
1972 — 18 18 #2,168
1971 — 16 16 #2,386
1970 — 25 25 #1,752
1969 — 20 20 #1,871
1968 — 25 25 #1,581
1967 — 19 19 #1,823
1966 — 14 14 #2,149
1965 — 16 16 #2,008
1964 — 24 24 #1,620
1963 — 27 27 #1,524
1962 — 28 28 #1,492
1961 — 8 8 #3,129
1960 — 31 31 #1,444
1959 — 23 23 #1,676
1958 — 19 19 #1,854
1957 — 24 24 #1,647
1956 — 38 38 #1,242
1955 — 30 30 #1,405
1954 — 37 37 #1,233
1953 — 31 31 #1,361
1952 — 38 38 #1,202
1951 — 31 31 #1,335
1950 — 37 37 #1,192
1949 — 41 41 #1,102
1948 — 41 41 #1,118
1947 — 44 44 #1,101
1946 — 47 47 #996
1945 — 24 24 #1,359
1944 — 24 24 #1,381
1943 — 38 38 #1,112
1942 — 44 44 #1,017
1941 — 25 25 #1,348
1940 — 37 37 #1,079
1939 — 25 25 #1,336
1938 — 41 41 #1,002
1937 — 28 28 #1,279
1936 — 37 37 #1,062
1935 — 30 30 #1,237
1934 — 35 35 #1,126
1933 — 26 26 #1,318
1932 — 24 24 #1,440
1931 — 27 27 #1,350
1930 — 28 28 #1,381
1929 — 35 35 #1,181
1928 — 32 32 #1,278
1927 — 36 36 #1,211
1926 — 33 33 #1,268
1925 — 23 23 #1,597
1924 — 39 39 #1,161
1923 — 40 40 #1,134
1922 — 50 50 #1,004
1921 — 31 31 #1,344
1920 — 39 39 #1,146
1919 — 45 45 #1,014
1918 — 25 25 #1,470
1917 — 36 36 #1,125
1916 — 33 33 #1,148
1915 — 22 22 #1,477
1914 — 21 21 #1,321
1913 — 13 13 #1,530
1912 — 21 21 #1,013
1911 — 10 10 #1,154
1910 — 5 5 #1,661
1908 — 11 11 #858
1907 — 8 8 #1,061
1906 — 5 5 #1,333
1905 — 5 5 #1,318
1902 — 7 7 #988
1897 — 7 7 #921
1896 — 7 7 #959
1894 — 8 8 #849
1891 — 6 6 #933
1889 — 11 11 #626
1887 — 5 5 #1,028
1886 — 6 6 #930
1885 — 6 6 #910
1883 — 5 5 #1,013