How rare is the name Linden?

4,302 people in the United States have the first name Linden, about 1 in 70,207. It ranks #4,371 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LINDEN

#4,371

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,302
About
1 in 70,207
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,302 people named Linden, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 5% as two or more races. 63.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Linden peaked in 2025, when 210 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
210
In 2025*
210
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,100 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Linden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,178. The largest share of babies named Linden, 36.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1900s#4,32210
1910s#3,049163
1920s#2,938260
1930s#2,667258
1940s#2,178447
1950s#2,429489
1960s#3,757262
1970s#6,279155
1980s#4,146372
1990s#4,850414
2000s#4,429668
2010s#2,7031,486
2020s#2,3531,111
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.4%
Silent Generation 1928–458.9%
Baby boom 1946–6414.3%
Generation X 1965–804.3%
Millennials 1981–9610.2%
Generation Z 1997–1219.1%
2013 and later36.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Linden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Linden has been most common in Colorado (4.8×), Minnesota (3.7×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.68×).

1,078 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Linden

1 other first name also has 4,302 people.

#4,371 Manisha · 4,302

Either side of Linden

#4,368 Shiela · 4,306#4,370 Chao · 4,305#4,371 Manisha · 4,302#4,373 Apollo · 4,301

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Linden, most common first.

#11,745 Lindon · 1,079

Also a last name

As a last name, Linden ranks #5,724 of 156,621, with 5,828 people. See Linden as a last name

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