Fun Facts About the Name Lindon
- More than 1 thousand babies named Lindon: U.S. records list 1,215 babies given the name Lindon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lindon Mean?
Lindon is an English name, used chiefly as a surname and less often as a given name. It is generally explained as a habitational name built from the Old English elements lind, "lime tree" (also called the linden tree), and dūn, "hill." The literal sense is therefore "lime-tree hill" or "hill where lime trees grow." The related English name Lyndon is formed in the same way, but a similar look does not by itself prove that every Lindon and Lyndon comes from one and the same place.
Lindon Name History & Origins
English surnames ending in -don generally go back to Old English dūn, "hill," and many of them describe a hill by the tree or plant that grew on it. Lind was the Old English word for the lime tree, and because shields were commonly made of lime wood, the same word also served in poetry as a term for "shield." The root survives in the modern English word "linden," and it stands at the front of Lindon.
As a given name, Lindon is rare in the English-speaking world and is usually treated alongside the similar Lyndon and Linden. J. R. R. Tolkien used Lindon for an Elvish region on the western coast of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings and related writings. That place-name belongs to Tolkien's constructed Elvish languages, where the element lind is connected with song, and it is a separate literary use rather than the source of the English surname.
How Popular is the Name Lindon?
Lindon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1955. Its best rank was #1,394 in 1941.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,653 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,055 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #13,387 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #5,770 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #5,921 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,857 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,976 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #6,200 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,558 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #4,562 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #7,353 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #4,798 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #7,350 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #7,350 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #5,577 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #5,925 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #7,514 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #6,629 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #4,735 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #9,244 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #6,084 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #7,331 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #8,314 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #5,295 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #6,758 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #6,637 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #5,217 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #8,107 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #7,012 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #6,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,991 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #5,227 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #8,040 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #6,984 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,234 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #4,186 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #5,052 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #4,444 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #5,700 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #4,549 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,097 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #6,892 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,961 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,857 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #6,648 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,035 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #4,156 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,469 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #3,924 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,259 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,206 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,533 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #2,553 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #2,719 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #3,761 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #1,829 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1963 | #3,521 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #2,321 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #2,638 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #1,889 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1959 | #2,608 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,452 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1957 | #2,065 | 16 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #2,056 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #1,561 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1954 | #2,014 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #2,644 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #1,836 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1951 | #2,319 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #1,986 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #2,282 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #1,493 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1945 | #1,827 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1944 | #2,405 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #1,956 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1942 | #1,775 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1941 | #1,394 | 24 | 0.0020% |
| 1940 | #2,140 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1939 | #2,244 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1938 | #1,866 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1937 | #2,049 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #3,381 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,342 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1934 | #3,984 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,169 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #1,691 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1931 | #2,574 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #2,910 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1929 | #3,428 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #1,941 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1927 | #1,623 | 23 | 0.0020% |
| 1926 | #3,036 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #3,047 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1924 | #2,567 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #1,990 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1922 | #3,149 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #2,905 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1920 | #2,879 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1919 | #3,984 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #3,978 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1917 | #3,086 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #2,656 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1915 | #2,739 | 9 | 0.0011% |
| 1914 | #3,111 | 6 | 0.0009% |
| 1913 | #2,669 | 6 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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