# Linden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/linden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lime tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,100 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,102 / 1,998 (33% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 332, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden. * As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen. * As an English surname, variant of Lindon. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

## What it means

Linden is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,250 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,922 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,698 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,958 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,367 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,683 |
| 2017 | 77 | 2,372 |
| 2018 | 81 | 2,264 |
| 2019 | 80 | 2,281 |
| 2020 | 73 | 2,409 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,403 |
| 2022 | 90 | 2,133 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,542 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,547 |
| 2025 | 81 | 2,269 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,012 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,226 |
| 2013 | 54 | 2,351 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,034 |
| 2015 | 89 | 1,734 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,626 |
| 2017 | 107 | 1,538 |
| 2018 | 106 | 1,580 |
| 2019 | 100 | 1,640 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,549 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,562 |
| 2022 | 95 | 1,758 |
| 2023 | 95 | 1,740 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,543 |
| 2025 | 129 | 1,415 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Linden

- Linden Ashby, American actor (born 1960)
- Linden Hall, Australian athletics competitor
- Linden Vey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Linden Chiles, American actor (1933-2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.