Linwood
Linwood was last recorded in 2024, when 12 babies were given it; 12,781 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,570 Americans named Linwood and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 53 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Linwood by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Linwood mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Linwood is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “linden tree” (lind) and “woods, forest” (wudu).
From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).
/ˈlɪnwʊd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Linwood?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #7,086, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
276 babies in 1948, the peak
Linwood peaked in 1948, when 276 boys were given it, #409 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #7,086 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,691 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,508 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,684 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,303 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,599 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,964 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,557 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,358 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,552 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 | #7,905 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,282 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #9,370 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,844 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,333 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 7 | #10,558 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,667 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #6,134 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,969 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,459 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,670 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,683 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,837 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,805 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,467 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,919 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,252 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,309 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,982 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,593 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,903 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,548 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,170 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,777 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,863 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,465 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,565 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 68 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,201 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 81 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 77 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 76 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 77 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 100 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 101 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 117 | #766 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 113 | #738 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 107 | #724 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 130 | #654 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 101 | #736 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 140 | #635 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 152 | #633 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 149 | #644 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 166 | #602 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 165 | #618 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 175 | #591 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 206 | #547 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 204 | #539 | 0.10 |
| 1957 | 208 | #537 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 213 | #516 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 233 | #479 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 254 | #454 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 261 | #442 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 246 | #450 | 0.13 |
| 1951 | 219 | #457 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 272 | #409 | 0.15 |
| 1949 | 272 | #408 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 276 | #409 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 247 | #433 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 233 | #416 | 0.14 |
| 1945 | 227 | #396 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 214 | #412 | 0.16 |
| 1943 | 230 | #407 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 210 | #423 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 182 | #434 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 163 | #456 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 164 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 180 | #426 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 189 | #413 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 156 | #451 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 156 | #456 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 173 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 146 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1932 | 177 | #420 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 157 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 181 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 161 | #464 | 0.15 |
| 1928 | 201 | #420 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 206 | #422 | 0.18 |
| 1926 | 175 | #455 | 0.16 |
| 1925 | 175 | #456 | 0.16 |
| 1924 | 189 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1923 | 174 | #465 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 192 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 179 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 161 | #480 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 159 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 137 | #512 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 147 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 149 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 135 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 119 | #441 | 0.18 |
| 1913 | 91 | #452 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 75 | #458 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 41 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1910 | 41 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 18 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 27 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 22 | #500 | 0.15 |
| 1906 | 19 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 13 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 19 | #504 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 21 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 22 | #449 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 17 | #483 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 17 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 14 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 16 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 13 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 15 | #546 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 13 | #592 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 12 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 8 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 8 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 9 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 7 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 10 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 9 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 9 | #672 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 6 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 10 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 5 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Linwood a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Linwood has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Linwood: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Linwood, and how old are they?
5,570 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 12,781 Americans ever recorded as Linwood. The median Linwood alive today is 66 years old; half are between 53 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 5,210 people named Linwood (14 women and girls, 5,196 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,521 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 672 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,680 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,280 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 590 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 236 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 115 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Linwood born?
The states with the most babies named Linwood are North Carolina, Virginia and Maine, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia and Maine are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,478 | not ranked | 9.0× |
| Virginia | 3,358 | not ranked | 11.6× |
| Maine | 857 | not ranked | 10.5× |
| Maryland | 573 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 491 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 247 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 176 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| South Carolina | 106 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 101 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| District of Columbia | 93 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Linwood is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Linwood is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 11.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Linwood with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 17,213 babies since 1880, Linwood is the most given (74% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Linwood
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Linwood and names like it
- Compare Linwood and LynwoodBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLinwood peaked in 1948.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Linwood since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Linwood: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1948The year the most babies were named Linwood.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Linwood alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.