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Linden

#1,415 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Lime tree

Linden has been given to 6,100 babies in the U.S. since 1889. In 2025 it ranked #1,415 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 129 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Linden, 2025

1 in 25,700

Linden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Linden over time

In 2025, Linden went to 39% girls and 61% boys.

18892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Linden: meaning, origin, and history

Lime tree

surname transfer

What Linden means

Linden means “lime tree”, associated with lind.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Linden (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Linden is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Linden is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Linde and Vanderlinden.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,102 boys were recorded with the name Linden between 1889 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 129 in 2025; its best national rank was #928 in 1947.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,549 in 2020 to #1,415 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,734 in 2015 to #1,415 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,998 girls were recorded with the name Linden between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 90 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,133 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,409 in 2020 to #2,269 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,367 in 2015 to #2,269 in 2025.

How common is Linden?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 25,700
129 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,415
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
17,814 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Linden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,814 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lindens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Linden was born before 1990 — so the typical Linden is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
19.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
44.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,992
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 19.7% of all recorded uses (810).

Is Linden rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+128
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+134
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+319
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.45×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (129)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#928
1947

Spellings of Linden

Linden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 47.2% against Linden's 0.75%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Linden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Linden was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 8,333 boys, against 1 in 23,168 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 8,333
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 11,111
  3. 3Michigan1 in 12,500
  4. 4Colorado1 in 14,286
  5. 5Washington1 in 14,286
  6. 6New York1 in 16,667
  7. 7California1 in 20,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Linden is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Linden was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 34,557 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nebraska1 in 5,556
  2. 2Colorado1 in 10,000
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 14,286
  4. 4Michigan1 in 16,667
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 25,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 25,000
  7. 7California1 in 33,333
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Linden around the world

Where Linden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #669
    in 2012
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #496
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1945–1993
    #519
    in 1993

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Linden

People whose public names include Linden, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Linden in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Linden. Linked forms have their own page here.

Lynden

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Linden by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,415
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 134
Best rank ever
#928
1947
Peak year
2025
129 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,102
Count in 2025
129

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,269
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 140
Best rank ever
#2,133
2022
Peak year
2022
90 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,998
Count in 2025
81

Names similar to Linden

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LinkinLinusLindonHaidenKaedenJaedenLinoTaydenGoldenRaydenJordenLintonMaddenCaedenLinkBrydenHadenLindaAaydenBodenLinkenBrodenAadenLindsay

Names with a curve like Linden

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Linden, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

OzzieEllisonHenriThompsonHanselNileDixonCliveRansomHamptonWylieWynn

Sibling names for Linden

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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