Linus
Linus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 129 births. Its best rank was 625th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1290.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2017166 births
- Best rank
- #625in 1882
- Since 1882
- 5,261people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,261 boys have been named Linus in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 166 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Linus | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 340 | |
| 1920s | 504 | |
| 1930s | 324 | |
| 1940s | 340 | |
| 1950s | 282 | |
| 1960s | 234 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 106 | |
| 1990s | 217 | |
| 2000s | 693 | |
| 2010s | 1,396 | |
| 2020s | 606 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Linus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Linus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aldenpeak 2024
- Mercerpeak 2016
- Roccopeak 2009
- Abbottpeak 2016
- Nolenpeak 2009
- Maxpeak 2009
- Augustinepeak 2024
- Emersonpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.