Linden

Boy · recorded 1889–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #1,409in 2025
  • 1 in 13,240boys in 2025
  • +63%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 63% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1889

0387618891923195719912025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 119 recorded years as a table
Linden, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188945
190734
190832
191041
191127
191216
191327
191423
191529
191627
191730
191822
191914
192026
192120
192223
192329
192415
192521
192621
192742
192820
192920
193027
193119
193219
193335
193414
193523
193620
193731
193827
193928
194034
194124
194232
194332
194432
194523
194625
194731
194825
194923
195018
195119
195217
195325
195420
195518
195622
195718
195822
195915
196015
196113
196218
196314
196413
196512
19666
196710
19687
19699
197010
19718
19729
197312
19747
19756
19767
19775
19784
19799
19807
198112
19829
198312
19847
198510
19869
198712
19887
198912
199011
19917
199211
19936
199412
199511
199611
199714
199817
199915
20007
200113
200212
200318
200422
200518
200621
200720
200827
200930
201030
201136
201231
201329
201436
201546
201652
201758
201858
201956
202062
202164
202254
202356
202466
202576

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
129
Rank in 2025
#1,409
How rare
1 in 13,240 boys
Since 1889
4,102

Most popular in 2025, at 76 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 63% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California0.9×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.