Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Linton

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1922

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1883Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,360

Linton is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 50 boys were named Linton.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,360 Americans have been named Linton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1922

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