Linkin
Boy · LINK-in · English
Linkin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by the pool”. In 2025 it ranked 1,634th for boys in the US (103 babies).
What does Linkin mean?
English: phonetic spelling of Lincoln
“settlement by the pool”
A phonetic spelling of Lincoln, also used by the American rock band Linkin Park.
- Say it
- LINK-in
Is Linkin a girl's or a boy's name?
Linkin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linkin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,634among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were named Linkin, making it the 1,634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 191 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Linkin in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were given Linkin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,142, up from #1,634 for this spelling alone.
Linkin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,634 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,642 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,442 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,297 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,312 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,059 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 91 | #1,703 |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,670 |
| 2013 | 87 | #1,694 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 79 | #1,811 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 97 | #1,625 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 76 | #1,875 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Linkin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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