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How popular is the name Linton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lintons are alive today.
Linton (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1055th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 23% of its peak. Linton is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lynton; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Linton you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Lintons born in England and Wales are between 13 and 31, and there are at least 180 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Linton - on average, only one in every 1,684 such rooms contains a Linton.
How many babies are named Linton each year?
Includes all spellings: Linton, Lynton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Linton spelling rank?
Where does the Lynton spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Linton most popular?
Linton peaked in 1998, when 17 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Linton?
At least 180 people named Linton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Linton?
Most living Lintons are between 13 and 31; the most common age is about 29. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Linton becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.