Linken — #7518 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Linken

The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Linken between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linken currently holds the #7518 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 285 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Linken shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Linken in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linken 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 457 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.