Linda — #835 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Linda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,454,832 babies named Linda between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linda currently holds the #835 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 99,693 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 564,363 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Linda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 114,931 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Linda in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,454,832 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.