Linn

Boy · recorded 1882–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

0305918821909193619621989

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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 81 recorded years as a table
Linn, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188253
188444
189159
189345
189744
190249
191122
191216
191327
191415
191513
191613
191711
19189
191914
192010
192113
19228
192315
192421
192513
19269
192717
192820
192917
193015
193110
19327
193317
193411
19356
193613
193722
193820
193923
194025
194124
194226
194319
194421
194530
194626
194727
194820
194924
195020
195123
195219
195319
195413
195516
195616
195714
195816
195915
196020
19619
19629
19639
19648
19656
19667
19676
19688
196910
19708
19715
19727
19738
19748
19754
19774
19785
19794
19806
19824
19833
19843
19854
19863
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Linn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1882
1,450

Linn was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 59 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Linn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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