Is Linkin a boy or girl name?

Linkin is a boy’s name. Of the 2,187 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Linkin

Recorded 2001–2025 · United States

Linkin was most popular in 2018, when 191 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,260 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,468, with 103 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,187 people named Linkin.

Linkin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Linkin’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Linkin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Linkin is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,187 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Linkin

Where Linkin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org