Linkoln
#5,746 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Linkoln has been given to 607 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #5,746 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 65 recorded.
Babies named Linkoln, 2025
1 in 207,000
Linkoln over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Linkoln?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 207,000
- 16 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 107,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #5,746
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 143,620 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Linkoln sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linkoln. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Linkolns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Linkoln was born before 2017 — so the typical Linkoln is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 59.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 607
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 59.1% of all recorded uses (359).
Is Linkoln 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
- −1,360
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −2,641
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,346
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.30×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 24.6%
- Peak was 2017 (65)
- Years since peak
- 8
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 38.7% average annual change
Spellings of Linkoln
Linkoln is not the most common spelling — Lincoln is, with 94.3% against Linkoln's 0.55%.
Where Linkoln is used
Across 2016–2025, Linkoln was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 96,402 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 25,000
- 2Kentucky1 in 33,333
- 3Indiana1 in 50,000
- 4Missouri1 in 50,000
- 5California1 in 100,000
- 6Michigan1 in 100,000
- 7Ohio1 in 100,000
- 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
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.
Linkoln around the world
Where Linkoln 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 & Wales2007–2021#4,789in 2021
- Canada2012–2024#3,231in 2024
- South Australia1974–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Linkoln by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Linkoln
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Linkoln
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.