Fun Facts About the Name Linkin
- More than 2 thousand babies named Linkin: U.S. records list 2,185 babies given the name Linkin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Linkin Mean?
Linkin is best understood as a modern spelling of the English name Lincoln, and it carries the same meaning: a place name usually explained as "settlement by the pool" or "lake colony." The English city of Lincoln began as a Roman town recorded as Lindum Colonia. The first element, Lindum, is a British Celtic place name generally connected to a root meaning "pool" or "lake" (compare Welsh llyn, "lake"). The second element is Latin colonia, "colony" or "settlement," which was worn down over time to the -coln of the modern city name.
The spelling Linkin keeps the sound of the first syllable and replaces the ending with -kin. It is not a separate root or a second, independent meaning; the sense comes entirely from the Lincoln derivation. The precise sense of the original Celtic Lindum is not fully certain, but "pool" or "lake" is the common explanation.
Linkin Name History & Origins
The name behind Linkin developed first as a place name. The Romano-British town of Lindum became the English city of Lincoln, and Lincoln later became an English surname of the familiar type taken from a person's home town. That surname has also been used as a given name in the English-speaking world, and the American statesman Abraham Lincoln is the best-known bearer of the surname.
Linkin is a respelling of that name rather than a distinct older name. Respellings of this kind appear in modern English naming, where the sound of a familiar name is kept while the letters are varied, often with -kin or -yn endings.
One separate modern use of the spelling is Linkin Park, a rock band formed in the 1990s. The band's name came from Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, California, with the spelling altered. That is a band name and does not explain how the personal name arose.
How Popular is the Name Linkin?
Linkin 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 2018. Its best rank was #1,062 in 2018.
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 | #1,642 | 103 | 0.0060% |
| 2024 | #1,765 | 93 | 0.0054% |
| 2023 | #1,540 | 114 | 0.0067% |
| 2022 | #1,646 | 105 | 0.0060% |
| 2021 | #1,445 | 125 | 0.0072% |
| 2020 | #1,304 | 139 | 0.0081% |
| 2019 | #1,318 | 139 | 0.0078% |
| 2018 | #1,062 | 191 | 0.0105% |
| 2017 | #1,290 | 141 | 0.0076% |
| 2016 | #1,508 | 113 | 0.0060% |
| 2015 | #1,712 | 91 | 0.0047% |
| 2014 | #1,676 | 92 | 0.0048% |
| 2013 | #1,703 | 87 | 0.0046% |
| 2012 | #1,724 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 2011 | #1,818 | 79 | 0.0042% |
| 2010 | #1,706 | 90 | 0.0047% |
| 2009 | #1,634 | 97 | 0.0049% |
| 2008 | #1,626 | 96 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #1,886 | 76 | 0.0037% |
| 2006 | #2,723 | 43 | 0.0021% |
| 2005 | #4,140 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,205 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #4,952 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #4,422 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #10,046 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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