NameTides

Linus

Linus was the #1,906 boys' name in the US in 2025 (82 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Linus as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Linus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Linus as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,906 (82)#3,684 (5)—#1,500 (15)
2024#1,423 (129)#3,255 (6)—#1,764 (11)
2023#1,539 (114)#2,547 (8)—#1,947 (9)
2022#1,440 (126)#4,790 (3)—#1,483 (13)
2021#1,546 (113)#2,125 (10)—#1,898 (9)
2020#1,398 (124)#2,076 (10)—#1,382 (14)
2019#1,515 (112)#2,488 (8)—#1,152 (18)
2018#1,255 (147)#1,683 (14)—#1,093 (19)
2017#1,141 (166)#1,627 (15)—#1,720 (10)
2016#1,356 (131)#2,804 (7)—#1,118 (19)
2015#1,152 (163)#1,786 (13)—#1,319 (14)
2014#1,158 (163)#1,117 (24)—#1,565 (11)
2013#1,321 (130)#1,183 (21)—#1,210 (16)
2012#1,249 (141)#1,191 (22)—#1,143 (17)
2011#1,344 (126)#1,124 (23)—#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,141.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby boys in the published US 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Linus is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Linus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Linus (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LinusCanadaBoys#1,50015
LinusEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
LinusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LinusScotlandBoys—too few
LinusUSBoys#1,90682