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Lincoln

Pronounced /ˈlɪŋ.kən/

Rank in 2024
#73
Born in 2024
4,567
Peak year
2017 · #41
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:77 in 2024 (#2,368)

1880 to 2024

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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 4,567 boys were named Lincoln, about 1 in every 376.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 8,201 babies, ranked #41.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 100,181 boys 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.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 3.4
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,132 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Silent: 1,594 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,894 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,931 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,220 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,279 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 73,876 babies, 3.40 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.