Linda was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #1 in 1947 but is far less common today.
Linda is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #902 for girl births in the United States (and #1,717 across all names), given to 294 babies. Linda was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (99,692 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 294 | 294 | #902 | — |
| 2024 | 324 | 324 | #836 | — |
| 2023 | 324 | 324 | #841 | — |
| 2022 | 352 | 352 | #802 | — |
| 2021 | 328 | 328 | #844 | — |
| 2020 | 334 | 334 | #815 | — |
| 2019 | 362 | 362 | #769 | — |
| 2018 | 398 | 398 | #718 | — |
| 2017 | 410 | 410 | #704 | — |
| 2016 | 444 | 444 | #663 | — |
| 2015 | 429 | 429 | #666 | — |
| 2014 | 475 | 475 | #612 | — |
| 2013 | 447 | 447 | #627 | — |
| 2012 | 450 | 450 | #634 | — |
| 2011 | 491 | 491 | #590 | — |
| 2010 | 480 | 480 | #615 | — |
| 2009 | 555 | 555 | #549 | — |
| 2008 | 614 | 614 | #507 | — |
| 2007 | 662 | 662 | #492 | — |
| 2006 | 700 | 700 | #451 | — |
| 2005 | 754 | 754 | #415 | — |
| 2004 | 731 | 731 | #419 | — |
| 2003 | 741 | 741 | #409 | — |
| 2002 | 773 | 773 | #382 | — |
| 2001 | 839 | 839 | #354 | — |
| 2000 | 851 | 864 | #357 | — |
| 1999 | 900 | 908 | #336 | — |
| 1998 | 972 | 982 | #313 | — |
| 1997 | 1,099 | — | #264 | — |
| 1996 | 987 | — | #293 | — |
| 1995 | 1,234 | — | #231 | — |
| 1994 | 1,295 | — | #221 | #5,306 |
| 1993 | 1,495 | — | #198 | #7,295 |
| 1992 | 1,594 | — | #191 | #4,750 |
| 1991 | 1,618 | — | #187 | #5,338 |
| 1990 | 1,672 | — | #175 | #4,875 |
| 1989 | 1,861 | — | #157 | #3,393 |
| 1988 | 1,854 | — | #155 | #5,051 |
| 1987 | 1,946 | — | #142 | #3,286 |
| 1986 | 1,971 | — | #148 | #2,576 |
| 1985 | 2,126 | — | #137 | #3,714 |
| 1984 | 2,348 | — | #119 | #3,591 |
| 1983 | 2,498 | — | #119 | #2,181 |
| 1982 | 2,810 | — | #107 | #2,567 |
| 1981 | 2,743 | — | #111 | #2,976 |
| 1980 | 2,824 | — | #110 | #2,681 |
| 1979 | 2,755 | — | #114 | #2,854 |
| 1978 | 2,947 | — | #100 | #2,871 |
| 1977 | 2,934 | — | #99 | #2,176 |
| 1976 | 3,150 | — | #90 | #3,184 |
| 1975 | 3,542 | — | #81 | #2,259 |
| 1974 | 4,098 | — | #75 | #2,090 |
| 1973 | 4,751 | — | #61 | #2,087 |
| 1972 | 5,775 | — | #51 | #1,491 |
| 1971 | 7,403 | — | #42 | #1,729 |
| 1970 | 8,769 | — | #38 | #1,363 |
| 1969 | 10,295 | — | #33 | #1,119 |
| 1968 | 11,412 | — | #28 | #1,198 |
| 1967 | 13,229 | — | #26 | #1,327 |
| 1966 | 15,619 | — | #18 | #1,001 |
| 1965 | 19,408 | — | #8 | #933 |
| 1964 | 23,722 | — | #8 | #783 |
| 1963 | 27,812 | — | #5 | #824 |
| 1962 | 31,546 | — | #5 | #828 |
| 1961 | 35,683 | — | #4 | #830 |
| 1960 | 37,412 | — | #3 | #779 |
| 1959 | 40,531 | — | #3 | #700 |
| 1958 | 41,999 | — | #3 | #765 |
| 1957 | 44,637 | — | #3 | #697 |
| 1956 | 48,191 | — | #3 | #711 |
| 1955 | 51,404 | — | #3 | #718 |
| 1954 | 55,487 | — | #2 | #670 |
| 1953 | 61,395 | — | #2 | #667 |
| 1952 | 67,219 | — | #1 | #605 |
| 1951 | 74,107 | — | #1 | #631 |
| 1950 | 80,563 | — | #1 | #601 |
| 1949 | 91,184 | — | #1 | #512 |
| 1948 | 96,427 | — | #1 | #463 |
| 1947 | 99,908 | — | #1 | #458 |
| 1946 | 52,825 | — | #2 | #601 |
| 1945 | 41,576 | — | #2 | #578 |
| 1944 | 38,529 | — | #3 | #576 |
| 1943 | 38,576 | — | #4 | #539 |
| 1942 | 31,734 | — | #4 | #558 |
| 1941 | 23,801 | — | #5 | #685 |
| 1940 | 18,429 | — | #8 | #814 |
| 1939 | 10,757 | — | #15 | #950 |
| 1938 | 7,075 | — | #31 | #1,266 |
| 1937 | 4,397 | — | #49 | #1,609 |
| 1936 | 2,449 | — | #97 | #2,551 |
| 1935 | 1,207 | — | #165 | #2,477 |
| 1934 | 1,000 | — | #182 | — |
| 1933 | 791 | — | #216 | #2,651 |
| 1932 | 779 | — | #219 | #4,078 |
| 1931 | 535 | — | #269 | — |
| 1930 | 492 | — | #299 | — |
| 1929 | 516 | — | #289 | #3,426 |
| 1928 | 555 | — | #278 | — |
| 1927 | 516 | — | #295 | — |
| 1926 | 480 | — | #305 | — |
| 1925 | 444 | — | #320 | #4,000 |
| 1924 | 454 | — | #314 | — |
| 1923 | 423 | — | #313 | — |
| 1922 | 365 | — | #339 | — |
| 1921 | 367 | — | #341 | — |
| 1920 | 348 | — | #353 | — |
| 1919 | 282 | — | #386 | — |
| 1918 | 322 | — | #359 | — |
| 1917 | 291 | — | #370 | — |
| 1916 | 297 | — | #356 | — |
| 1915 | 290 | — | #349 | — |
| 1914 | 219 | — | #358 | — |
| 1913 | 238 | — | #307 | — |
| 1912 | 189 | — | #329 | — |
| 1911 | 130 | — | #352 | — |
| 1910 | 137 | — | #336 | — |
| 1909 | 105 | — | #354 | — |
| 1908 | 93 | — | #373 | — |
| 1907 | 102 | — | #350 | — |
| 1906 | 98 | — | #337 | — |
| 1905 | 105 | — | #330 | — |
| 1904 | 101 | — | #323 | — |
| 1903 | 90 | — | #330 | — |
| 1902 | 91 | — | #327 | — |
| 1901 | 86 | — | #327 | — |
| 1900 | 125 | — | #295 | — |
| 1899 | 98 | — | #298 | — |
| 1898 | 102 | — | #311 | — |
| 1897 | 81 | — | #327 | — |
| 1896 | 104 | — | #287 | — |
| 1895 | 96 | — | #290 | — |
| 1894 | 94 | — | #285 | — |
| 1893 | 82 | — | #301 | — |
| 1892 | 83 | — | #296 | — |
| 1891 | 78 | — | #283 | — |
| 1890 | 54 | — | #348 | — |
| 1889 | 74 | — | #279 | — |
| 1888 | 77 | — | #264 | — |
| 1887 | 50 | — | #304 | — |
| 1886 | 49 | — | #295 | — |
| 1885 | 60 | — | #257 | — |
| 1884 | 33 | — | #345 | — |
| 1883 | 49 | — | #257 | — |
| 1882 | 36 | — | #295 | — |
| 1881 | 38 | — | #265 | — |
| 1880 | 27 | — | #305 | — |