Linton was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Linton as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#5,137 (3)
2023
#10,821 (6)
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2020
#12,022 (5)
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2019
#8,889 (8)
#3,937 (4)
2018
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#3,959 (4)
2017
#8,840 (8)
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2016
#10,744 (6)
#3,478 (5)
2015
#10,644 (6)
#3,373 (5)
2014
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#3,895 (4)
2013
#8,789 (8)
#3,822 (4)
2012
#10,770 (6)
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2011
#10,808 (6)
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2010
#8,803 (8)
#3,865 (4)
2009
#12,491 (5)
#4,527 (3)
2007
#9,788 (7)
#3,589 (4)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 1998 at #1,055.
In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.