Linton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Linton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,360 babies named Linton between 1883 and 2023, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linton performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Linton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 471 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Linton in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linton 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 2,360 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.