Linder — girls' name
302 babies named Linder in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Linder was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Linder in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linder
The Social Security Administration has registered 302 babies named Linder between 1942 and 1965, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linder currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linder performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Linder shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Linder in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linder 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 302 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.
Linder at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Linder popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1942
- Peak year (1948)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
302 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 23 births in a single year.
Linder popularity over time — boys
12 total births recorded since 1932 (Linder as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Linder accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Linder by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 146 births that decade — 48% of Linder's all-time total
Linder decade highlights
- Peak decade 146 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Linder's strongest decade
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Linder by state
Where Linder concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 2.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 2.0% 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, 1942–1965 (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.