Linde — girls' name
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.
24% of everyone ever named Linde was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Linde in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linde
The Social Security Administration has registered 442 babies named Linde between 1944 and 2012, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linde performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Linde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Linde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linde 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 442 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.
Linde at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Linde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1944
- Peak year (1957)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
442 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 15 births in a single year.
Linde by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 106 births that decade — 24% of Linde's all-time total
Linde decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Linde's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.