How Many People Are Named Linville?
people named Linville are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,569,810 people in the US has this name
Based on 407 babies named Linville in Social Security records from 1916 to 1980, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Linville in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linville alive today is about 73 years old, and 92% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linville first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1942, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1980.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 1980
🏆 Rank History
Linville has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,658, in 1942.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,658 (1942) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,291 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linville alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linville were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 38 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linville was given about 43.2 times as often in Kentucky.
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