How Many People Are Named Linn?
people named Linn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 250,208 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,294 babies named Linn in Social Security records from 1882 to 2005, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of LINNÉA and other names containing the same sound.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Linn in English. Counting Linn and these spellings together, about 55,413 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Linn, 49.5% were girls and 50.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Linn rose from 0% in the 1920s to 48.3% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linn alive today is about 65 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linn first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1956, to 84 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2005.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2005
🏆 Rank History
Linn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #904, in 1882. Among girls, its best rank was #1,511, in 1956.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #904 (1882) | #1,511 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,152 in the 1940s | #1,909 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linn were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 41 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linn was given about 6.3 times as often in Pennsylvania.
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