Linwood — #6816 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Linwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,776 babies named Linwood between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Linwood currently holds the #6816 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 276 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linwood performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Linwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 3,478 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Linwood in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linwood 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 12,776 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.