Linda Name Popularity

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How popular is Linda?

Ranking 726th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Linda is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 1, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1947 and as recently as 1952.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 99,689 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Linda was 27 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Linda occurred roughly during the years 1880-1883, 1884-1888, 1897-1900, 1909-1915, 1919-1923, and 1929-1947, whereas 1948-1977, 1981-1986, 1987-1990, 1991-1996, and 2006-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Linda be?

The popularity trend for Linda has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Linda lately has dropped.

The name Linda still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Linda is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Linda (Girl)		Linda (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		389	726	< 5	--
2017		405	708	< 5	--
2016		437	667	< 5	--
2015		428	666	< 5	--
2014		470	614	< 5	--
2013		443	634	< 5	--
2012		449	635	< 5	--
2011		489	590	< 5	--
2010		478	617	< 5	--
2009		551	553	< 5	--
2008		613	507	< 5	--
2007		661	492	< 5	--
2006		700	451	< 5	--
2005		750	416	< 5	--
2004		727	419	< 5	--
2003		741	410	< 5	--
2002		770	383	< 5	--
2001		838	354	< 5	--
2000		851	357	< 5	--
1999		900	336	< 5	--
1998		972	313	< 5	--
1997		1,098	264	< 5	--
1996		987	293	< 5	--
1995		1,234	231	< 5	--
1994		1,283	221	11	5,305
1993		1,488	198	7	7,292
1992		1,581	191	12	4,748
1991		1,608	187	10	5,337
1990		1,659	175	11	4,875
1989		1,844	157	17	3,393
1988		1,844	155	9	5,048
1987		1,930	142	15	3,285
1986		1,952	148	21	2,577
1985		2,113	138	12	3,713
1984		2,334	119	12	3,586
1983		2,474	119	24	2,180
1982		2,789	107	19	2,567
1981		2,731	111	15	2,973
1980		2,805	110	18	2,680
1979		2,739	114	16	2,852
1978		2,933	100	15	2,871
1977		2,909	99	22	2,177
1976		3,139	90	12	3,183
1975		3,525	81	20	2,258
1974		4,081	75	21	2,091
1973		4,730	61	20	2,083
1972		5,745	51	33	1,493
1971		7,374	42	27	1,730
1970		8,730	38	39	1,344
1969		10,248	33	49	1,120
1968		11,368	28	41	1,198
1967		13,197	26	33	1,327
1966		15,562	18	53	1,001
1965		19,334	8	63	933
1964		23,633	8	93	782
1963		27,719	5	85	824
1962		31,468	5	85	829
1961		35,579	4	86	828
1960		37,311	3	96	782
1959		40,403	3	122	699
1958		41,899	3	96	758
1957		44,500	3	118	701
1956		48,075	3	107	712
1955		51,288	3	104	717
1954		55,381	2	116	671
1953		61,280	2	114	667
1952		67,082	1	137	605
1951		73,978	1	125	632
1950		80,431	1	130	601
1949		91,016	1	169	511
1948		96,211	1	207	463
1947		99,689	1	216	458
1946		52,710	2	115	601
1945		41,462	2	111	577
1944		38,412	3	114	576
1943		38,439	4	137	539
1942		31,611	4	121	559
1941		23,721	5	80	686
1940		18,369	8	59	813
1939		10,714	15	44	948
1938		7,046	31	28	1,267
1937		4,380	49	19	1,610
1936		2,439	97	9	2,551
1935		1,196	165	10	2,477
1934		1,000	182	< 5	--
1933		785	216	9	2,652
1932		775	219	5	4,079
1931		534	269	< 5	--
1930		492	299	< 5	--
1929		509	289	7	3,426
1928		554	278	< 5	--
1927		516	295	< 5	--
1926		479	305	< 5	--
1925		438	320	6	3,998
1924		454	314	< 5	--
1923		423	313	< 5	--
1922		365	339	< 5	--
1921		367	341	< 5	--
1920		349	352	< 5	--
1919		282	386	< 5	--
1918		322	359	< 5	--
1917		291	370	< 5	--
1916		297	356	< 5	--
1915		290	349	< 5	--
1914		219	358	< 5	--
1913		238	307	< 5	--
1912		189	329	< 5	--
1911		130	352	< 5	--
1910		137	336	< 5	--
1909		105	354	< 5	--
1908		93	373	< 5	--
1907		102	350	< 5	--
1906		98	337	< 5	--
1905		105	330	< 5	--
1904		101	323	< 5	--
1903		90	330	< 5	--
1902		91	327	< 5	--
1901		86	327	< 5	--
1900		125	295	< 5	--
1899		98	298	< 5	--
1898		102	311	< 5	--
1897		81	327	< 5	--
1896		104	287	< 5	--
1895		96	290	< 5	--
1894		94	285	< 5	--
1893		82	301	< 5	--
1892		83	296	< 5	--
1891		78	283	< 5	--
1890		54	348	< 5	--
1889		74	279	< 5	--
1888		77	264	< 5	--
1887		50	304	< 5	--
1886		49	295	< 5	--
1885		60	257	< 5	--
1884		33	345	< 5	--
1883		49	257	< 5	--
1882		36	295	< 5	--
1881		38	265	< 5	--
1880		27	305	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.