How rare is the name Linwood?

5,210 people in the United States have the first name Linwood, about 1 in 57,972. It ranks #3,798 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LINWOOD

#3,798

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,210
About
1 in 57,972
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,210 people named Linwood, 48.1% reported their origin as White, 47.6% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Linwood peaked in 1948, when 276 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802024
Peak year
1948
Births that year
276
In 2024
12 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,781 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Linwood by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #920. The largest share of babies named Linwood, 32.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1,58361
1890s#1,504114
1900s#1,328195
1910s#1,0211,094
1920s#9541,813
1930s#9251,684
1940s#9202,254
1950s#1,0712,316
1960s#1,4971,398
1970s#2,210805
1980s#3,526480
1990s#6,384276
2000s#12,576147
2010s#17,78791
2020s#17,46753
Before 19011.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2721.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.6%
Baby boom 1946–6432.5%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later0.9%

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 Linwood is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Linwood has been most common in Maine (20×), Virginia (15×), and North Carolina (12×), and least common in Louisiana (0.18×).

9,672 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 Linwood

1 other first name also has 5,210 people.

#3,798 Nevin · 5,210

Either side of Linwood

#3,795 Roma · 5,222#3,797 Zaira · 5,219#3,798 Nevin · 5,210#3,800 Isreal · 5,205

Also a last name

As a last name, Linwood ranks #32,440 of 156,621, with 760 people. See Linwood as a last name

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