How Many People Are Named Linton?
people named Linton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 324,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,360 babies named Linton in Social Security records from 1883 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "lime tree town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Linton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linton alive today is about 56 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 42 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linton first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1922, to 50 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Linton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #606, in 1889.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #606 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,146 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linton were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linton was given 26.4 times as often in Georgia and 11.5 times in Louisiana.
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