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Linn

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Short form of Linnéa

Linn has been given to 2,294 babies in the U.S. since 1882. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1947, with 50 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Linn, 1989

1 in 768,000

Linn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Linn over time

In 2005, Linn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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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.

Linn: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Linnéa

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Linn means

Linn is a short form of Linnéa.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Linn is used in Swedish and Norwegian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Linn → Linnéa → Linnea. The family’s meaning is “linden tree”, recorded in Swedish with the source elements Lind.

Origin, language, and formation

Linn is used in Norwegian and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Linnéa and Line.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,450 boys were recorded with the name Linn between 1882 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1947; its best national rank was #904 in 1882.

In the United States, 844 girls were recorded with the name Linn between 1930 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1956; its best national rank was #1,511 in 1956.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Linn?

Linn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989
1 in 768,000
5 of 3,842,268 births
Among boys only
1 in 400,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1989
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
532,653 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Linn 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 1989 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,653 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Linns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Linn was born before 1948 — so the typical Linn is around 77 today.

Median birth year
1948
About 77 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
24.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
655
People you could plausibly meet
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1940s — 24.9% of all recorded uses (361).

Is Linn 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1947 (50)
Years since peak
78
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#904
1882

Spellings of Linn

Linn is not the most common spelling — Liam is, with 22.6% against Linn's 0.09%.

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 Linn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Linn was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 395,998 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Iowa1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6Missouri1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —

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. Linn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Linn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Linn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 723,115 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —

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. Linn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Linn around the world

Where Linn 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.

  • South Australia
    1948–1959
    #336
    in 1959

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Linn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#904
1882
Peak year
1947
50 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
1,450
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,511
1956
Peak year
1956
50 that year
First recorded
1930
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
844
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Linn

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

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Sibling names for Linn

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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