Linville is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Linville is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1980. Linville was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1942 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,860 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,712 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,394 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,967 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #2,992 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | #2,750 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,768 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,808 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,400 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #2,271 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,295 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,583 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #2,447 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,532 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,038 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,100 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #1,828 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,662 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #1,658 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | #2,160 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,261 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,327 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #1,867 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,603 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,849 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,523 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,172 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,280 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,710 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #2,694 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,582 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,325 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,503 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,379 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,394 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,867 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,421 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,379 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,098 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,274 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,568 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,321 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,071 |