Linwood is an established boys' name that peaked in 1948 and has since faded.
Linwood is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Linwood was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1948 (276 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,091 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,696 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,513 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,689 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,308 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,604 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,968 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,562 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,363 |
| 2015 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,557 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,911 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,289 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,376 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,851 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,340 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,563 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,672 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,137 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,973 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,465 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,676 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,688 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,844 |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,811 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,475 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,924 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,256 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | — | #3,314 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | — | #2,987 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | — | #2,598 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | — | #2,908 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | — | #2,554 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | — | #2,578 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | — | #2,176 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | — | #1,782 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | — | #1,868 |
| 1987 | 36 | — | — | #1,819 |
| 1986 | 47 | — | — | #1,466 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1984 | 39 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1983 | 51 | — | — | #1,305 |
| 1982 | 62 | — | — | #1,174 |
| 1981 | 67 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1980 | 68 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1979 | 58 | — | — | #1,201 |
| 1978 | 67 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1977 | 81 | — | — | #953 |
| 1976 | 51 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1975 | 77 | — | — | #936 |
| 1974 | 76 | — | — | #938 |
| 1973 | 77 | — | — | #920 |
| 1972 | 100 | — | — | #801 |
| 1971 | 101 | — | — | #801 |
| 1970 | 117 | — | — | #766 |
| 1969 | 113 | — | — | #738 |
| 1968 | 107 | — | — | #724 |
| 1967 | 130 | — | — | #654 |
| 1966 | 101 | — | — | #736 |
| 1965 | 140 | — | — | #635 |
| 1964 | 152 | — | — | #633 |
| 1963 | 149 | — | — | #644 |
| 1962 | 166 | — | — | #602 |
| 1961 | 165 | — | — | #619 |
| 1960 | 175 | — | — | #592 |
| 1959 | 206 | — | — | #547 |
| 1958 | 204 | — | — | #540 |
| 1957 | 208 | — | — | #538 |
| 1956 | 213 | — | — | #517 |
| 1955 | 233 | — | — | #480 |
| 1954 | 254 | — | — | #455 |
| 1953 | 261 | — | — | #443 |
| 1952 | 246 | — | — | #451 |
| 1951 | 219 | — | — | #458 |
| 1950 | 272 | — | — | #410 |
| 1949 | 272 | — | — | #409 |
| 1948 | 276 | — | — | #409 |
| 1947 | 247 | — | — | #433 |
| 1946 | 233 | — | — | #416 |
| 1945 | 227 | — | — | #396 |
| 1944 | 214 | — | — | #412 |
| 1943 | 230 | — | — | #407 |
| 1942 | 210 | — | — | #423 |
| 1941 | 182 | — | — | #434 |
| 1940 | 163 | — | — | #456 |
| 1939 | 164 | — | — | #449 |
| 1938 | 180 | — | — | #426 |
| 1937 | 189 | — | — | #413 |
| 1936 | 156 | — | — | #451 |
| 1935 | 156 | — | — | #456 |
| 1934 | 173 | — | — | #428 |
| 1933 | 146 | — | — | #458 |
| 1932 | 177 | — | — | #420 |
| 1931 | 157 | — | — | #448 |
| 1930 | 186 | — | #4,940 | #437 |
| 1929 | 161 | — | — | #464 |
| 1928 | 201 | — | — | #420 |
| 1927 | 206 | — | — | #422 |
| 1926 | 175 | — | — | #455 |
| 1925 | 175 | — | — | #456 |
| 1924 | 189 | — | — | #444 |
| 1923 | 174 | — | — | #465 |
| 1922 | 192 | — | — | #439 |
| 1921 | 179 | — | — | #461 |
| 1920 | 161 | — | — | #480 |
| 1919 | 159 | — | — | #475 |
| 1918 | 137 | — | — | #512 |
| 1917 | 147 | — | — | #470 |
| 1916 | 149 | — | — | #469 |
| 1915 | 135 | — | — | #479 |
| 1914 | 119 | — | — | #441 |
| 1913 | 91 | — | — | #452 |
| 1912 | 75 | — | — | #458 |
| 1911 | 41 | — | — | #460 |
| 1910 | 41 | — | — | #428 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | — | #645 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | — | #481 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | — | #500 |
| 1906 | 19 | — | — | #533 |
| 1905 | 13 | — | — | #687 |
| 1904 | 19 | — | — | #504 |
| 1903 | 21 | — | — | #462 |
| 1902 | 22 | — | — | #449 |
| 1901 | 17 | — | — | #483 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | — | #613 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | — | #535 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #531 |
| 1897 | 13 | — | — | #600 |
| 1896 | 15 | — | — | #546 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | — | #592 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | — | #612 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #806 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #739 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | — | #709 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | — | #853 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #678 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | — | #659 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #672 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #924 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #620 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #955 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #1,004 |