Linwood
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LIN-wood
- Origin
- English
Linwood is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “lime-tree wood”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Linwood mean?
English: English surname and place name
“lime-tree wood”
An English surname from place names combining Old English lind, lime or linden tree, and wudu, wood.
Is Linwood a girl's or a boy's name?
Linwood is a boys' name.
How popular is Linwood in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1948, with 276 boys.
Half of all the boys named Linwood in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Linwood in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,456 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 68 | #1,098 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,060 |
| 1977 | 81 | #949 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 77 | #933 |
| 1974 | 76 | #936 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 100 | #797 |
| 1971 | 101 | #799 |
| 1970 | 117 | #763 |
| 1969 | 113 | #736 |
| 1968 | 107 | #723 |
| 1967 | 130 | #653 |
| 1966 | 101 | #734 |
| 1965 | 140 | #635 |
| 1964 | 152 | #629 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | 166 | #602 |
| 1961 | 165 | #618 |
| 1960 | 175 | #590 |
| 1959 | 206 | #547 |
| 1958 | 204 | #538 |
| 1957 | 208 | #536 |
| 1956 | 213 | #516 |
| 1955 | 233 | #479 |
| 1954 | 254 | #452 |
| 1953 | 261 | #441 |
| 1952 | 246 | #450 |
| 1951 | 219 | #457 |
| 1950 | 272 | #408 |
| 1949 | 272 | #406 |
| 1948 | 276 | #409 |
| 1947 | 247 | #433 |
| 1946 | 233 | #416 |
| 1945 | 227 | #396 |
| 1944 | 214 | #411 |
| 1943 | 230 | #407 |
| 1942 | 210 | #423 |
| 1941 | 182 | #434 |
| 1940 | 163 | #455 |
| 1939 | 164 | #446 |
| 1938 | 180 | #425 |
| 1937 | 189 | #412 |
| 1936 | 156 | #450 |
| 1935 | 156 | #456 |
| 1934 | 173 | #428 |
| 1933 | 146 | #457 |
| 1932 | 177 | #420 |
| 1931 | 157 | #447 |
| 1930 | 181 | #437 |
| 1929 | 161 | #464 |
| 1928 | 201 | #420 |
| 1927 | 206 | #421 |
| 1926 | 175 | #455 |
| 1925 | 175 | #456 |
| 1924 | 189 | #444 |
| 1923 | 174 | #465 |
| 1922 | 192 | #438 |
| 1921 | 179 | #458 |
| 1920 | 161 | #479 |
| 1919 | 159 | #474 |
| 1918 | 137 | #512 |
| 1917 | 147 | #470 |
| 1916 | 149 | #468 |
| 1915 | 135 | #475 |
| 1914 | 119 | #440 |
| 1913 | 91 | #451 |
| 1912 | 75 | #456 |
| 1911 | 41 | #457 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 27 | #475 |
| 1907 | 22 | #495 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 21 | #451 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Linwood
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leonard, Lawrence, Richard, Leland, Edward, Raymond, Howard, Lee, Louis, Warren, Lewis, William
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Linwood: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linwood, updated 20 October 2026.