Linkoln
Boy · LINK-un · English
Linkoln is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lake colony”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Linkoln mean?
English: spelling variant of Lincoln, an English place name
“lake colony”
Respelling of Lincoln, the English city whose Roman name Lindum Colonia combined a Celtic word for pool with Latin colonia.
- Say it
- LINK-un
Is Linkoln a girl's or a boy's name?
Linkoln is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linkoln in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Linkoln in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
How popular is Linkoln in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Linkoln, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer boys named Linkoln than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Linkoln in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were given Linkoln or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,142, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Linkoln in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 50 | #2,518 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
Nicknames for Linkoln
- Link 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Linkoln
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Linkoln
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