NameTides

Lincoln

Lincoln was the #69 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,703 babies), and #302 in England & Wales and #75 in Canada.

Lincoln as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lincoln as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Lincoln as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#69 (4,703)#302 (151)#367 (9)—#432 (8)#75 (370)—#81 (93)
2024#73 (4,580)#260 (180)#478 (6)#339 (4)#394 (9)#67 (402)#95 (89)#64 (116)
2023#64 (4,866)#249 (190)#366 (9)#395 (3)#660 (4)#51 (465)#76 (105)#70 (91)
2022#54 (5,625)#202 (254)#392 (8)#234 (8)#509 (6)#47 (502)#64 (124)#63 (108)
2021#45 (6,700)#164 (324)#437 (7)#326 (5)#454 (7)#33 (695)#68 (141)#44 (145)
2020#40 (7,061)#149 (371)#261 (15)#252 (7)#496 (6)#29 (769)#62 (143)#56 (120)
2019#41 (7,473)#141 (406)#278 (14)#254 (7)#646 (4)#29 (765)#63 (145)#64 (118)
2018#41 (7,408)#125 (462)#253 (16)#215 (9)#350 (11)#27 (839)#52 (169)#49 (119)
2017#41 (8,202)#106 (593)#229 (21)#202 (10)#305 (14)#21 (955)#50 (171)#52 (126)
2016#51 (7,129)#128 (478)#239 (19)#216 (9)#372 (10)#24 (956)#52 (174)#44 (130)
2015#66 (6,001)#129 (479)#295 (13)#288 (6)#376 (10)#37 (783)#57 (169)#65 (90)
2014#87 (4,824)#195 (291)#533 (5)#315 (5)—#52 (625)#68 (149)#68 (91)
2013#95 (4,039)#204 (271)—#343 (4)#534 (5)#59 (558)#64 (159)#65 (108)
2012#132 (2,912)#263 (182)#467 (6)#403 (3)—#101 (400)#76 (137)#93 (78)
2011#179 (2,158)#271 (166)———#127 (309)#81 (128)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #41.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 360 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 360common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 430common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lincoln is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 430 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 370 to 1 in 490.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lincoln by state, 2025Alaska: #41AKMaine: #17MEWisconsin: #21WIVermont: #33VTNew Hampshire: #14NHWashington: #65WAIdaho: #31IDMontana: #45MTNorth Dakota: #27NDMinnesota: #29MNIllinois: #65ILMichigan: #17MINew York: #122NYMassachusetts: #89MAOregon: #57ORNevada: #109NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #26SDIowa: #28IAIndiana: #25INOhio: #12OHPennsylvania: #48PANew Jersey: #144NJConnecticut: #100CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #168CAUtah: #34UTColorado: #75CONebraska: #55NEMissouri: #39MOKentucky: #25KYWest Virginia: #31WVVirginia: #74VAMaryland: #100MDDelaware: #114DEArizona: #83AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #36KSArkansas: #56ARTennessee: #52TNNorth Carolina: #57NCSouth Carolina: #72SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #36OKLouisiana: #112LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #94ALGeorgia: #101GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #119TXFlorida: #102FL
Lincoln (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#67179
Quebec2025#40611

Lincoln (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LincolnCanadaGirls—too few
LincolnCanadaBoys#75370
LincolnEngland & WalesBoys#302151
LincolnIrelandBoys#4328
LincolnNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LincolnNSWBoys—too few
LincolnScotlandBoys#3679
LincolnUSGirls#2,38775
LincolnUSBoys#694,703
LincolnVICBoys#8193