Lincoln

girls:

1.9k births since 1985

#3903 (32nd percentile)

boys:

95.6k births since 1880

#316 (93rd percentile)

overall:

97.5k births since 1880

#696 (91st percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lincoln".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,897
Peak Births
240
Peak Year
2017
First Recorded
1985
Peak Percentile
24.4%
Current Percentile
8.9%
Peak Rank
#718
Current Rank
#863
Female statistics
Total Births
95,565
Peak Births
8,195
Peak Year
2018
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
95.7%
Current Percentile
93.3%
Peak Rank
#40
Current Rank
#62
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Lincoln

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lincoln. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 53.2% confident that Lincoln is pronounced as LIHNGK-uhn. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHN-kuhn, at 21.3% confidence.

LIHN-kuhn (2 syllables)
21.3% confidence
L IH1 N K AH0 N
LIHN-kihn (2 syllables)
Verified
12.8% confidence
L IH1 N K IH0 N
LIHNG-kuhn (2 syllables)
Verified
12.8% confidence
L IH1 NG K AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Lincoln. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Lincoln, please vote using the thumbs up button.

LIHNGK-ihn (2 syllables)
5 names 2.6k births
L IH1 N G K IH0 N
LEENGK-ihn (2 syllables)
2 names 2.4k births
L IY1 N G K IH0 N

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L IH1 N G K AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.