Linton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Linton is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Linton first appears in 1883 and peaked in 1922 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #11,695 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #13,294 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #9,405 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #9,371 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #11,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #11,561 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #9,327 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,690 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #11,717 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #9,339 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #13,694 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #10,452 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #9,247 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,469 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,023 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #8,862 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | #6,166 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #10,933 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #4,790 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #8,829 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #5,070 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #5,727 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #4,247 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #4,970 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #6,881 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #3,743 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #3,813 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,796 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #2,654 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #4,983 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,592 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #3,015 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #2,389 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #3,144 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #3,188 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #3,477 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #3,745 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #2,744 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #3,395 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #2,598 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #2,885 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | #2,460 |
| 1972 | 18 | — | #2,210 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #2,428 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | #1,773 |
| 1969 | 20 | — | #1,893 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #1,603 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | #1,838 |
| 1966 | 14 | — | #2,184 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #2,043 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | #1,642 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #1,530 |
| 1962 | 28 | — | #1,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,255 |
| 1960 | 31 | — | #1,452 |
| 1959 | 23 | — | #1,693 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #1,872 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | #1,658 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | #1,242 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #1,409 |
| 1954 | 37 | — | #1,235 |
| 1953 | 31 | — | #1,368 |
| 1952 | 38 | — | #1,206 |
| 1951 | 31 | — | #1,337 |
| 1950 | 37 | — | #1,197 |
| 1949 | 41 | — | #1,106 |
| 1948 | 41 | — | #1,118 |
| 1947 | 44 | — | #1,101 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | #994 |
| 1945 | 24 | — | #1,365 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | #1,388 |
| 1943 | 38 | — | #1,118 |
| 1942 | 44 | — | #1,018 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | #1,358 |
| 1940 | 37 | — | #1,086 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #1,348 |
| 1938 | 41 | — | #1,001 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 37 | — | #1,063 |
| 1935 | 30 | — | #1,242 |
| 1934 | 35 | — | #1,126 |
| 1933 | 26 | — | #1,322 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | #1,449 |
| 1931 | 27 | — | #1,350 |
| 1930 | 28 | — | #1,382 |
| 1929 | 35 | — | #1,186 |
| 1928 | 32 | — | #1,285 |
| 1927 | 36 | — | #1,218 |
| 1926 | 33 | — | #1,271 |
| 1925 | 23 | — | #1,612 |
| 1924 | 39 | — | #1,167 |
| 1923 | 40 | — | #1,134 |
| 1922 | 50 | — | #1,008 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,348 |
| 1920 | 39 | — | #1,148 |
| 1919 | 45 | — | #1,015 |
| 1918 | 25 | — | #1,482 |
| 1917 | 36 | — | #1,127 |
| 1916 | 33 | — | #1,146 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,489 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,325 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,553 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,014 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,167 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,745 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #860 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | #1,057 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,353 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,341 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #985 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #899 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #941 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #829 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #915 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | #606 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | #1,004 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #916 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #890 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #981 |