Linville — boys' name

What the Data Says About Linville

The Social Security Administration has registered 407 babies named Linville between 1916 and 1980, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linville currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linville performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Linville shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 107 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Linville in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linville 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 407 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.