Lincoln
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LING-kon
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #312 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #69 for boys
Lincoln is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by the pool”. In 2025 it ranked 312th for boys in the UK (160 babies) and 69th for boys in the US (4,703 babies).
What does Lincoln mean?
English: from the city of Lincoln, from Celtic and Latin
“settlement by the pool”
From the city of Lincoln, Roman Lindum Colonia, from a Celtic word for pool; it often honours President Abraham Lincoln.
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Is Lincoln a girl's or a boy's name?
Lincoln is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 160 boys in the UK and 75 girls and 4,703 boys in the US.
How popular is Lincoln in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 312th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 160 about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 160 boys in the UK were named Lincoln, making it the 312th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 155th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 624 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lincoln than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Lincoln in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 302nd in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Lincoln in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #312 |
| 2024 | 190 | #274 |
| 2023 | 202 | #256 |
| 2022 | 270 | #214 |
| 2021 | 336 | #178 |
| 2020 | 393 | #155 |
| 2019 | 427 | #153 |
| 2018 | 487 | #135 |
| 2017 | 624 | #115 |
| 2016 | 506 | #134 |
| 2015 | 498 | #140 |
| 2014 | 301 | #215 |
| 2013 | 276 | #217 |
| 2012 | 191 | #274 |
| 2011 | 167 | #305 |
| 2010 | 198 | #267 |
| 2009 | 192 | #260 |
| 2008 | 171 | #280 |
| 2007 | 214 | #232 |
| 2006 | 100 | #380 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Lincoln in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 69th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4,703 about 1 in 360 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.8% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4,703 boys in the US were named Lincoln, making it the 69th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 40th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8,202 boys. 75 girls were also named Lincoln in 2025 (2,387th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lincoln in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lincoln in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,703 | #69 |
| 2024 | 4,580 | #73 |
| 2023 | 4,866 | #64 |
| 2022 | 5,625 | #54 |
| 2021 | 6,700 | #45 |
| 2020 | 7,061 | #40 |
| 2019 | 7,473 | #41 |
| 2018 | 7,408 | #41 |
| 2017 | 8,202 | #41 |
| 2016 | 7,129 | #51 |
| 2015 | 6,001 | #66 |
| 2014 | 4,824 | #87 |
| 2013 | 4,039 | #95 |
| 2012 | 2,912 | #132 |
| 2011 | 2,158 | #179 |
| 2010 | 1,871 | #199 |
| 2009 | 2,012 | #189 |
| 2008 | 1,818 | #211 |
| 2007 | 1,655 | #224 |
| 2006 | 1,109 | #301 |
| 2005 | 502 | #495 |
| 2004 | 413 | #555 |
| 2003 | 410 | #548 |
| 2002 | 329 | #610 |
| 2001 | 309 | #616 |
| 2000 | 247 | #709 |
| 1999 | 214 | #746 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 156 | #884 |
| 1996 | 149 | #895 |
| 1995 | 191 | #773 |
| 1994 | 187 | #768 |
| 1993 | 178 | #792 |
| 1992 | 157 | #839 |
| 1991 | 153 | #834 |
| 1990 | 143 | #851 |
| 1989 | 123 | #913 |
| 1988 | 122 | #857 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 |
| 1986 | 86 | #994 |
| 1985 | 117 | #823 |
| 1984 | 141 | #733 |
| 1983 | 112 | #824 |
| 1982 | 119 | #809 |
| 1981 | 119 | #804 |
| 1980 | 95 | #911 |
| 1979 | 98 | #882 |
| 1978 | 95 | #880 |
| 1977 | 149 | #695 |
| 1976 | 151 | #666 |
| 1975 | 147 | #678 |
| 1974 | 108 | #774 |
| 1973 | 103 | #783 |
| 1972 | 140 | #678 |
| 1971 | 181 | #618 |
| 1970 | 146 | #685 |
| 1969 | 105 | #762 |
| 1968 | 71 | #861 |
| 1967 | 98 | #742 |
| 1966 | 116 | #686 |
| 1965 | 128 | #656 |
| 1964 | 202 | #554 |
| 1963 | 193 | #567 |
| 1962 | 143 | #647 |
| 1961 | 119 | #698 |
| 1960 | 85 | #824 |
| 1959 | 79 | #853 |
| 1958 | 72 | #888 |
| 1957 | 97 | #761 |
| 1956 | 72 | #879 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 68 | #891 |
| 1953 | 87 | #761 |
| 1952 | 95 | #720 |
| 1951 | 76 | #805 |
| 1950 | 87 | #735 |
| 1949 | 90 | #721 |
| 1948 | 75 | #788 |
| 1947 | 94 | #706 |
| 1946 | 75 | #767 |
| 1945 | 89 | #640 |
| 1944 | 76 | #712 |
| 1943 | 92 | #668 |
| 1942 | 96 | #652 |
| 1941 | 88 | #648 |
| 1940 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | 78 | #671 |
| 1938 | 76 | #694 |
| 1937 | 75 | #691 |
| 1936 | 72 | #698 |
| 1935 | 76 | #693 |
| 1934 | 92 | #623 |
| 1933 | 91 | #610 |
| 1932 | 96 | #600 |
| 1931 | 110 | #560 |
| 1930 | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | 101 | #602 |
| 1928 | 130 | #529 |
| 1927 | 131 | #536 |
| 1926 | 144 | #506 |
| 1925 | 142 | #511 |
| 1924 | 156 | #494 |
| 1923 | 133 | #529 |
| 1922 | 108 | #620 |
| 1921 | 120 | #576 |
| 1920 | 137 | #523 |
| 1919 | 117 | #555 |
| 1918 | 128 | #534 |
| 1917 | 127 | #509 |
| 1916 | 130 | #499 |
| 1915 | 118 | #513 |
| 1914 | 103 | #478 |
| 1913 | 63 | #545 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 |
| 1911 | 34 | #506 |
| 1910 | 36 | #456 |
| 1909 | 33 | #436 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 15 | #587 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 20 | #534 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 26 | #368 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 17 | #480 |
| 1891 | 15 | #456 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Nicknames for Lincoln
- Linc
Names like Lincoln
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Grayson, Mason, Carter, Jaxon, Cooper, Oakley, Roman, Levi, Logan, Hunter, Marley
Names related to Lincoln
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lincoln: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lincoln, updated 20 October 2026.