Linda

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Linda is an English feminine given name that has been widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century.

From Wikipedia

Linda first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 39 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1963 with 756 babies (rank #13 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Linda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Linda yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

14,035

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

756

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Peaky Blinders: Linda Shelby — Arthur's wife

Famous people named Linda

Linda B. Buckneuroscientist · b. 1947
Linda Hamiltonfilm actor · b. 1956
Linda Ronstadtrecording artist · b. 1946
Linda Lovelacewomen's rights activist · b. 1949
Linda Blairfilm actor · b. 1959

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with L

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	301	#30
1953	358	#27
1954	350	#27
1955	424	#20
1956	389	#20
1957	434	#21
1958	420	#22
1959	426	#24
1960	584	#24
1961	666	#22
1962	722	#17
1963	756	#13
1964	687	#17
1965	668	#15
1966	607	#16
1967	584	#17
1968	560	#17
1969	504	#21
1970	495	#24
1971	453	#32
1972	448	#31
1973	439	#29
1974	359	#37
1975	329	#38
1976	281	#42
1977	259	#45
1978	258	#45
1979	235	#50
1980	196	#59
1981	214	#61
1982	184	#67
1983	168	#73
1984	92	#91
1985	100	#91
1986	76	#100
2014	2	#760
2015	2	#733
2016	1	#1,952
2017	4	#364