girls:
1.8k births since 1945
#3942 (31st percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1889
#1993 (57th percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1889
#3603 (53rd percentile)
The name Linden is the #3,603 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,705 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 53.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,993 (56.5% percentile) for all time with 3,859 births since 1889. For girls, it ranks #3,942 (31.0% percentile) for all time with 1,846 births since 1945.
Linden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (1889 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Linden is available in 117 out of the 135 years between 1889 and 2023 (117 years for boys and 68 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Linden has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 57.6% of babies named Linden were boys.
For boys, Linden reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #823) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 60 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Linden ranks #821 for boys (9.9% percentile) with 52 births per million, which is 86.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Linden reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #873) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 50 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Linden ranks #882 for girls (6.9% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 79.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Linden".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Linden is pronounced as LIHN-duhn, which has 2 syllables.
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