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.

Linux*

#16,407 most common boys' name of all time · #42,725 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 2012–2024 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,407
Rank overall
#42,725 of 105,966
First appeared
2012
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
87
Since 2016
68
Peak year
2016 #9,587
Best rank
#8,176 2023
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
2020

Linux first appears in 2012. 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
2024 7 7 #10,664
2023 10 10 #8,176
2022 9 9 #8,880
2021 9 9 #8,738
2020 7 7 #10,431
2018 7 7 #10,590
2017 6 6 #11,996
2016 5 8 13 #9,587
2015 6 6 #11,892
2013 8 8 #9,618
2012 5 5 #14,128