Girls' name · since 1944
Linde
442 babies named Linde in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 442
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Linde sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 442 recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Linde recorded 442 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2012.
- #12,741 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 442 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linde ranks #12,741 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 442 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 442
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Linde's 442 recorded births place it above 82.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Linde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Linde splits its recorded history at 1971: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1957 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Linde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2012
- Peak year (1957)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Linde by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (106 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Linde's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Linde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 41
1940s
41 births
- 1950s
1950s
103 births
- 1960s
1960s
80 births
- 1970s
1970s
106 births
- 1980s
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 106 births (24% of all-time use).
Linde by state
Where Linde concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 442 births nationwide.
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What to do with Linde's data
- Linde's decade-level peak was the 1970s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lindes (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Linde draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.