Linus
#1,676 most common boys' name of all time · #4,053 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1882–2025
Rank among boys
#1,676
Rank overall
#4,053 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
5,342
Since 2016
1,244
Peak year
2017 #1,141
Best rank
#650 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 166/yr
Linus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,909 |
| 2024 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,423 |
| 2023 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,541 |
| 2022 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,441 |
| 2021 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,399 |
| 2019 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,515 |
| 2018 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 2017 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,358 |
| 2015 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,153 |
| 2014 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,159 |
| 2013 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,322 |
| 2012 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,250 |
| 2011 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 2010 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,416 |
| 2009 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,499 |
| 2008 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,455 |
| 2007 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,669 |
| 2006 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,014 |
| 2005 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,923 |
| 2004 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,938 |
| 2003 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,182 |
| 2002 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,432 |
| 2001 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,277 |
| 2000 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,092 |
| 1999 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,970 |
| 1998 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,788 |
| 1997 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,506 |
| 1996 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,115 |
| 1995 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,563 |
| 1994 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,609 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,025 |
| 1992 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,768 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,303 |
| 1990 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,801 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,192 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,470 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,487 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,726 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,956 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,531 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,044 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,051 |
| 1980 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,741 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,191 |
| 1978 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,945 |
| 1977 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,410 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,491 |
| 1975 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,767 |
| 1974 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,374 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,255 |
| 1972 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,555 |
| 1971 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,997 |
| 1970 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,527 |
| 1969 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,926 |
| 1968 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,799 |
| 1967 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,987 |
| 1966 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,590 |
| 1965 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,732 |
| 1964 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1963 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,557 |
| 1962 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,414 |
| 1961 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,651 |
| 1960 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1959 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,825 |
| 1958 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1957 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,597 |
| 1956 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,367 |
| 1955 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,380 |
| 1954 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,391 |
| 1953 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,385 |
| 1952 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1951 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,735 |
| 1950 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,370 |
| 1949 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1948 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,286 |
| 1947 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,370 |
| 1946 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,449 |
| 1945 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,171 |
| 1944 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,160 |
| 1943 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,159 |
| 1942 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,031 |
| 1941 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,141 |
| 1940 | — | 45 | 45 | #960 |
| 1939 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1938 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,017 |
| 1937 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,352 |
| 1936 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,154 |
| 1935 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,087 |
| 1934 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,198 |
| 1933 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,261 |
| 1932 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,082 |
| 1931 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,267 |
| 1930 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,220 |
| 1929 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,081 |
| 1928 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,023 |
| 1927 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1926 | — | 61 | 61 | #851 |
| 1925 | — | 54 | 54 | #919 |
| 1924 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,024 |
| 1923 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,046 |
| 1922 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,048 |
| 1921 | — | 62 | 62 | #887 |
| 1920 | — | 55 | 55 | #931 |
| 1919 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1918 | — | 49 | 49 | #958 |
| 1917 | — | 51 | 51 | #895 |
| 1916 | — | 49 | 49 | #904 |
| 1915 | — | 47 | 47 | #911 |
| 1914 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,032 |
| 1913 | — | 31 | 31 | #885 |
| 1912 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,044 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,227 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,251 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,338 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,317 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,050 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,231 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #946 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,161 |
| 1894 | — | 7 | 7 | #910 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #881 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,025 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #661 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #650 |