Boys' name · since 1921
Linvel
33 babies named Linvel in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,201 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Linvel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 33 recorded since 1921.
Linvel has 33 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1939.
- #25,201 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 33 born since 1921
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linvel ranks #25,201 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1921, peaking in the 1930s.
- #25,201 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Linvel's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Linvel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linvel's full recorded timeline at 1934, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1937 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linvel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1939
- Peak year (1937)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Linvel by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (23 births, 70% of the file).
1930s was Linvel's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Linvel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 23 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linvel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Linvel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.