Lyncoln — #6110 US boys' name
447 babies named Lyncoln in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
66% of everyone ever named Lyncoln was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Lyncoln in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyncoln
The Social Security Administration has registered 447 babies named Lyncoln between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lyncoln currently holds the #6110 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 47 babies received it in a single year. Lyncoln is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 191 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyncoln performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lyncoln shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyncoln in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyncoln 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 447 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.
Lyncoln at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Lyncoln popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2018)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #6110 among boys.
447 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 47 births in a single year.
Lyncoln popularity over time — girls
191 total births recorded since 2007 (Lyncoln as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lyncoln accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lyncoln by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 293 births that decade — 66% of Lyncoln's all-time total
Lyncoln decade highlights
- Peak decade 293 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lyncoln's strongest decade
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Lyncoln by state
Where Lyncoln concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.