Linken
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LINK-in
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Linken is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by the pool”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Linken mean?
English: spelling of Linkin; phonetic spelling of Lincoln
“settlement by the pool”
A phonetic spelling of Lincoln, also used by the American rock band Linkin Park.
Meaning borrowed from Linkin.
Is Linken a girl's or a boy's name?
Linken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Linken, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Linken in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were given Linken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,142, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Linken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Names like Linken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chozen, Kayden, Boden, Raiden, Kaizen, Deacon, Aiden, Tru, Sevyn, Braylen, Legend, Camden
Other spellings of Linken
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Linken: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linken, updated 20 October 2026.