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Linden

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#2,742 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,409 for boys

Linden is a boys' name, meaning “lime tree”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).

What does Linden mean?

“lime tree”

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Linden a girl's or a boy's name?

Linden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 81 girls and 129 boys in the US.

How popular is Linden in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Linden, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 25 boys.

Half of all the boys named Linden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 25 in 20082025
Linden in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
202410#2,328
202310#2,303
20226#3,219
202110#2,257
20209#2,359
20196#3,184
201812#1,981
201710#2,306
201613#1,909
201513#1,888
201413#1,834
201316#1,560
201216#1,622
201114#1,697
201024#1,170
200920#1,290
200825#1,102
200710#1,987
20066#2,645
200510#1,814
20047#2,157
20036#2,283
200211#1,384
20013#3,255
200010#1,405
199913#1,142
199812#1,180
199714#1,066
199611#1,215

How popular is Linden in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,409among boys
Babies in 2025
129about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Linden, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. It first appears in the records in 1889. 81 girls were also named Linden in 2025 (2,256th for girls).

2025 had the most boys named Linden of any year since it first appeared, in 1889.

Half of all the boys named Linden in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 138 boys in the US were given Linden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,228, up from #1,409 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 16% of the babies named Linden in the US in 1945, and 39% in 2025.

1889Busiest: 129 in 20252025
Linden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025129#1,409
2024114#1,540
202395#1,735
202295#1,750
2021112#1,554
2020107#1,539
2019100#1,634
2018106#1,576
2017107#1,530
201699#1,618
201589#1,729
201470#2,016
201354#2,335
201259#2,208
201168#1,998
201058#2,238
200960#2,202
200855#2,344
200742#2,810
200643#2,697
200535#2,956
200444#2,485
200335#2,776
200224#3,549
200125#3,405
200014#5,034
199928#2,935
199833#2,549
199726#2,899
199620#3,400
199520#3,298
199424#2,946
199312#4,690
199222#2,993
199114#3,998
199022#2,859
198925#2,539
198813#3,700
198723#2,396
198616#3,002
198519#2,596
198413#3,268
198322#2,271
198217#2,708
198122#2,269
198013#3,255
197915#2,896
19787#4,552
19779#3,834
197611#3,262
197510#3,426
197411#3,118
197318#2,214
197214#2,533
197114#2,557
197018#2,124
196916#2,129
196813#2,310
196718#1,852
196611#2,464
196522#1,668
196425#1,580
196329#1,454
196238#1,258
196128#1,520
196031#1,433
195932#1,386
195846#1,130
195738#1,266
195647#1,105
195538#1,218
195440#1,185
195349#1,032
195234#1,267
195135#1,241
195032#1,271
194940#1,109
194843#1,078
194757#922
194641#1,075
194531#1,179
194443#991
194346#986
194244#1,007
194130#1,209
194039#1,031
193931#1,168
193830#1,199
193733#1,148
193621#1,463
193524#1,390
193414#1,932
193335#1,103
193220#1,584
193120#1,589
193030#1,299
192921#1,611
192822#1,611
192747#1,022
192623#1,565
192523#1,583
192417#1,964
192332#1,275
192225#1,503
192122#1,648
192028#1,382
191914#2,151
191822#1,595
191728#1,291
191624#1,415
191525#1,342
191415#1,607
191314#1,440
19127#2,044
19116#1,536
19108#1,192
19090–
19085#1,372
19075#1,344
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18895#973

Names like Linden

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Leo Leon Hudson Grayson Roman Owen Theo Logan Mason Lincoln Sonny Levi

Other spellings of Linden

Lindon

Names related to Linden

Lynden Landen Londen Lindyn Lunden

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, “Linden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linden, updated 20 October 2026.