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How popular is “Linton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Linton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Linton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Linton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Linton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Linton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Linton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Linton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 -100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 21 0.000021254 21 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 36 0.000017939 36 -100%
1918 25 0.000011515 25 -100%
1919 45 0.000021325 45 -100%
1920 39 0.000017236 39 -100%
1921 31 0.000013279 31 -100%
1922 50 0.000021842 50 -100%
1923 40 0.000017373 40 -100%
1924 39 0.000016375 39 -100%
1925 23 0.000009857 23 -100%
1926 33 0.000014373 33 -100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 -100%
1928 32 0.000014153 32 -100%
1929 35 0.000015966 35 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 -100%
1933 26 0.000013004 26 -100%
1934 35 0.000016853 35 -100%
1935 30 0.000014355 30 -100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 41 0.00001853 41 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 37 0.000016068 37 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 38 0.000013463 38 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 41 0.000011875 41 -100%
1949 41 0.000011765 41 -100%
1950 37 0.000010561 37 -100%
1951 31 0.000008415 31 -100%
1952 38 0.000010005 38 -100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 -100%
1954 37 0.000009295 37 -100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 -100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 -100%
1957 24 0.000005711 24 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 -100%
1960 31 0.000007463 31 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 -100%
1963 27 0.000006821 27 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 -100%
1968 25 0.0000074 25 -100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 -100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 -100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 -100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 16 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 16 0.000005037 16 -100%
1978 10 0.000003151 10 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 14 0.000004064 14 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 21 0.000005986 21 -100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 -100%
1984 12 0.00000344 12 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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