Fun Facts About the Name Linkyn
- 394 babies named Linkyn: U.S. records list 394 babies given the name Linkyn from 1880 through 2025. Even 94 girls received the name Linkyn - about 1 girl for every 3 boys.
What Does the Name Linkyn Mean?
Linkyn is best understood as a modern respelling of Lincoln, the English surname and given name that comes from the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. That place name is recorded in Latin as Lindum Colonia. The first element, Lindum, is generally traced to a Brittonic Celtic word for "lake" or "pool," related to Welsh llyn. The second element, Latin colonia, means "colony" or "settlement." Taken literally, the name means something like "settlement by the pool" or "lake colony."
Because Linkyn is a respelling rather than a name with a separate root, its meaning is the meaning of Lincoln. The altered spelling changes how the name looks and is pronounced in English, not what it originally meant.
Linkyn Name History & Origins
The city behind the name grew from a Roman-era settlement whose Latin name was Lindum Colonia. After the Roman period, Old English speakers rendered the place as Lindcylene, and forms such as Lindcolne appear before the spelling settled into the modern Lincoln.
Lincoln was in use as an English surname well before it became common as a first name, and it entered the general stock of English given names as a transferred surname. The spelling Linkyn belongs to a later group of English respellings that replace vowels and use a -yn ending. It is used mainly in the United States and other English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Linkyn?
Linkyn 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 2019. Its best rank was #3,765 in 2019.
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 | #14,216 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #11,759 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,002 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,790 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #10,998 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #11,062 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #10,407 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #9,188 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #9,884 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #18,172 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,274 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #6,043 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,548 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #4,636 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #5,039 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #4,096 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,765 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #4,167 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,286 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #4,266 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #7,828 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #4,336 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #6,111 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,874 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #5,578 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #13,487 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #7,515 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #9,413 | 8 | 0.0004% |
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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How the Name Linkyn Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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