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Lincoln

Pronounced /ˈlɪŋ.kən/

Rank in 2024
#2,368
Born in 2024
77
Peak year
2017 · #1068
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:4,567 in 2024 (#73)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 77 girls were named Lincoln, about 1 in every 20,950.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 240 babies, ranked #1068.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1985.
  • 1,974 girls have been named Lincoln since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lincoln per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 190 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,723 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Inherited from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lincolle, Lindcolen, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colōnia (“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”), from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named after Abraham Lincoln.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of American usage, originally in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈlɪŋ.kən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lincoln, CC BY-SA 4.0.