Linkyn
Mostly boys · LINK-in · English
Linkyn is a name of English origin, meaning “colony by the pool”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Linkyn mean?
English: respelling of Lincoln, the English city and surname
“colony by the pool”
Respelling of Lincoln, a city name made familiar as a first name by US President Abraham Lincoln.
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- LINK-in
Is Linkyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Linkyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Linkyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Linkyn, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007. 6 girls were also named Linkyn in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Linkyn than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Linkyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 155 boys in the US were given Linkyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,142, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
In 2020, 36% of the babies named Linkyn in the US were girls.
Linkyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
Nicknames for Linkyn
- Link 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Linkyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Linkyn
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