Linton
Boy · LIN-tun · English
Linton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “flax farmstead”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Linton mean?
English: English surname and place name, usually from lin + tun
“flax farmstead”
An English surname from several place names, often from Old English lin, flax, and tun, farmstead.
- Say it
- LIN-tun
Is Linton a girl's or a boy's name?
Linton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Linton, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Linton than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Linton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Linton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Linton in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Linton in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Linton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,633 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,106 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,226 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1922 | 50 | #999 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,113 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
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