Linda
Rank in 2025
#902
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
294
girls 294
Peak year
1948
96,220 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,458,899
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Linda was most popular in 1948, when 96,220 babies recorded as girls got the name (56.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 294 babies were named Linda, ranking #902 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 294 | 902 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 324 | 836 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 324 | 841 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 352 | 800 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 328 | 841 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 334 | 814 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 362 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 398 | 717 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 410 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 444 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 429 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 475 | 612 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 447 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 450 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 491 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 480 | 614 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 555 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 614 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 662 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 700 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 754 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 731 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 741 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 773 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 839 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 851 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 900 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 972 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,099 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 987 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 1,234 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 1,284 | 221 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 1,488 | 198 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 1,582 | 191 | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | 1,608 | 187 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 1,661 | 175 | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | 1,844 | 157 | 17 | 3325 |
| 1988 | 1,845 | 155 | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | 1,931 | 142 | 15 | 3201 |
| 1986 | 1,950 | 148 | 21 | 2510 |
| 1985 | 2,114 | 137 | 12 | 3599 |
| 1984 | 2,336 | 119 | 12 | 3459 |
| 1983 | 2,474 | 119 | 24 | 2140 |
| 1982 | 2,791 | 107 | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | 2,728 | 111 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 2,806 | 110 | 18 | 2617 |
| 1979 | 2,739 | 114 | 16 | 2777 |
| 1978 | 2,932 | 100 | 15 | 2799 |
| 1977 | 2,912 | 99 | 22 | 2131 |
| 1976 | 3,138 | 90 | 12 | 3095 |
| 1975 | 3,522 | 81 | 20 | 2205 |
| 1974 | 4,077 | 75 | 21 | 2050 |
| 1973 | 4,731 | 61 | 20 | 2036 |
| 1972 | 5,742 | 51 | 33 | 1473 |
| 1971 | 7,376 | 42 | 27 | 1705 |
| 1970 | 8,731 | 38 | 38 | 1351 |
| 1969 | 10,246 | 33 | 49 | 1110 |
| 1968 | 11,371 | 28 | 41 | 1183 |
| 1967 | 13,196 | 26 | 33 | 1312 |
| 1966 | 15,566 | 18 | 53 | 998 |
| 1965 | 19,345 | 8 | 63 | 929 |
| 1964 | 23,629 | 8 | 93 | 782 |
| 1963 | 27,727 | 5 | 85 | 821 |
| 1962 | 31,461 | 5 | 85 | 822 |
| 1961 | 35,597 | 4 | 86 | 825 |
| 1960 | 37,316 | 3 | 96 | 775 |
| 1959 | 40,410 | 3 | 121 | 700 |
| 1958 | 41,904 | 3 | 95 | 761 |
| 1957 | 44,517 | 3 | 120 | 694 |
| 1956 | 48,084 | 3 | 107 | 710 |
| 1955 | 51,300 | 3 | 104 | 715 |
| 1954 | 55,371 | 2 | 116 | 669 |
| 1953 | 61,281 | 2 | 114 | 665 |
| 1952 | 67,082 | 1 | 137 | 603 |
| 1951 | 73,982 | 1 | 125 | 628 |
| 1950 | 80,433 | 1 | 130 | 599 |
| 1949 | 91,015 | 1 | 169 | 512 |
| 1948 | 96,220 | 1 | 207 | 463 |
| 1947 | 99,692 | 1 | 216 | 457 |
| 1946 | 52,710 | 2 | 115 | 601 |
| 1945 | 41,465 | 2 | 111 | 577 |
| 1944 | 38,415 | 3 | 114 | 575 |
| 1943 | 38,439 | 4 | 137 | 536 |
| 1942 | 31,613 | 4 | 121 | 558 |
| 1941 | 23,721 | 5 | 80 | 683 |
| 1940 | 18,370 | 8 | 59 | 810 |
| 1939 | 10,713 | 15 | 44 | 942 |
| 1938 | 7,047 | 31 | 28 | 1247 |
| 1937 | 4,378 | 49 | 19 | 1576 |
| 1936 | 2,440 | 97 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 1,197 | 165 | 10 | 2396 |
| 1934 | 1,000 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 782 | 216 | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | 774 | 219 | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | 535 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 492 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 509 | 289 | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | 555 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 516 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 480 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 438 | 320 | 6 | 3741 |
| 1924 | 454 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 423 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 365 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 367 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 348 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 282 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 322 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 291 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 297 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 290 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 219 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 238 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 189 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 130 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 137 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 105 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 93 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 102 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 98 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 105 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 101 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 90 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 91 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 86 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 125 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 98 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 102 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 81 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 104 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 96 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 94 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 82 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 83 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 78 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 54 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 74 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 77 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 50 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 49 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 60 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 33 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 49 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 36 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 38 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 27 | 305 | <5 | — |
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Where Linda is most popular
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- Texas1.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years