Lincoln Boy
How popular is Lincoln?
#69 boy name in 2025
4,703 baby boys were named Lincoln in the US in 2025, making it the 69th most popular boy name. Another 75 girls got the name (#2,387 for girls).
Lincoln popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #69 for boys (▲ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,703 boys, 75 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #66 in 2015, #40 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (8,202 boys) |
| Highest rank | #40 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lincoln counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lincoln family of names ranked #77 for boys in 2025 (#82 the year before), with 4,726 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lincoln is most popular
Babies named Lincoln per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 13.0 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- New Hampshire: 10.1 per 1,000 (224 boys)
- Vermont: 9.9 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- Maine: 9.3 per 1,000 (181 boys)
- West Virginia: 8.9 per 1,000 (291 boys)
Lincoln by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #498 |
| 1890s | 141 | #368 |
| 1900s | 176 | #436 |
| 1910s | 905 | #456 |
| 1920s | 1,302 | #494 |
| 1930s | 852 | #560 |
| 1940s | 845 | #640 |
| 1950s | 818 | #720 |
| 1960s | 1,260 | #554 |
| 1970s | 1,318 | #618 |
| 1980s | 1,158 | #733 |
| 1990s | 1,693 | #746 |
| 2000s | 8,804 | #189 |
| 2010s | 52,017 | #41 |
| 2020s | 33,535 | #40 |
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Questions
- Is Lincoln a boy or girl name?
- Lincoln is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Lincoln were boys.
- How popular is the name Lincoln?
- 4,703 baby boys were named Lincoln in the US in 2025, making it the 69th most popular boy name. Another 75 girls got the name (#2,387 for girls).
- When was Lincoln most popular?
- Lincoln peaked in 2017, when 8,202 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #40 in 2020.
- How many people are named Lincoln?
- 106,968 babies have been named Lincoln in the US since 1880. We estimate about 101,920 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Lincoln most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lincoln was most common in Wyoming, at 13.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.