Linn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Linn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,450 babies named Linn between 1882 and 1989, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 50 babies received it in a single year. Linn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 839 additional births since 1930.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linn performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 361 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Linn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Linn in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linn 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 1,450 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.