Linus
Boy · Latin
Linus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,906th for boys in the US (82 babies).
What does Linus mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Linus a girl's or a boy's name?
Linus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 82 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Linus, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Linus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Linus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Linus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 82about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were named Linus, making it the 1,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 166 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer boys named Linus than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Linus in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Linus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #1,906 |
| 2024 | 129 | #1,423 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,539 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,546 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 112 | #1,515 |
| 2018 | 147 | #1,255 |
| 2017 | 166 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 131 | #1,356 |
| 2015 | 163 | #1,152 |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,158 |
| 2013 | 130 | #1,321 |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,249 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 91 | #1,669 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 35 | #1,304 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,026 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1926 | 61 | #842 |
| 1925 | 54 | #916 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,020 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1921 | 62 | #884 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 |
| 1919 | 46 | #999 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 51 | #892 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 47 | #906 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 31 | #871 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
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