Linus — #1421 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Linus

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,261 babies named Linus between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linus currently holds the #1421 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 166 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,396 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Linus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 384 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Linus in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linus 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 5,261 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.