girls:
837 births since 1930
#4879 (15th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1882
#3194 (30th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1882
#5515 (29th percentile)
The name Linn is the #5,515 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,287 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 28.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,194 (30.3% percentile) for all time with 1,450 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #4,879 (14.6% percentile) for all time with 837 births since 1930.
Linn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1930 for girls). Birth data for Linn is available in 90 out of the 122 years between 1882 and 2003 (81 years for boys and 53 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 Linn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.4% of all recorded births). In 2003, 0.0% of babies named Linn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1956, the name was more popular for boys (74.1% boys from 1882 to 1955), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (52.3% girls from 1956 to 2003).
For boys, Linn reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #552) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 55 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
For girls, Linn reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #702) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 24 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Linn".
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