Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Linda

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Linda
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.7% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

99,693

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.7%

2024

321

All-time

1,454,832

Linda once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 99,693 girls were named Linda.

In 2024, only 321 girls were given the name.

Down 99.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,454,832 Americans have been named Linda and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.7% from peak

194799,693 girls named Linda

2024321 girls named Linda

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