Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: EnglishIn Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lincoln yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Lincoln's rank and count moved apart by three years: 8,201 births in 2017 was the raw-count high, while #40, the best rank, took until 2020 to show up.
The past decade has been nearly flat since — down just 5% to 4,567 births in 2024, one of the mildest ten-year moves in this batch alongside Nolan's 6% dip.
Polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and Rhode Island politician Lincoln Chafee carry the name as a given name, while the enrichment data's inclusion of Lincoln Ellsworth's exact birth year, 1880, ties one namesake directly to the very first year this dataset covers.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 10 | #620 |
| 1881 | 5 | #954 |
| 1882 | 13 | #528 |
| 1883 | 12 | #545 |
| 1885 | 11 | #589 |
| 1886 | 6 | #915 |
| 1887 | 8 | #717 |
| 1888 | 15 | #515 |
| 1889 | 14 | #513 |
| 1890 | 13 | #553 |
| 1891 | 15 | #463 |
| 1892 | 17 | #489 |
| 1893 | 11 | #636 |
| 1894 | 10 | #704 |
| 1895 | 26 | #375 |
| 1896 | 13 | #614 |
| 1897 | 14 | #570 |
| 1898 | 8 | #852 |
| 1899 | 14 | #534 |
| 1900 | 20 | #545 |
| 1901 | 10 | #709 |
| 1902 | 17 | #531 |
| 1903 | 11 | #721 |
| 1904 | 15 | #602 |
| 1905 | 19 | #539 |
| 1906 | 18 | #558 |
| 1907 | 13 | #763 |
| 1908 | 20 | #571 |
| 1909 | 33 | #443 |
| 1910 | 36 | #459 |
| 1911 | 34 | #511 |
| 1912 | 49 | #576 |
| 1913 | 63 | #548 |
| 1914 | 103 | #479 |
| 1915 | 118 | #513 |
| 1916 | 130 | #499 |
| 1917 | 127 | #511 |
| 1918 | 128 | #534 |
| 1919 | 117 | #555 |
| 1920 | 137 | #523 |
| 1921 | 120 | #579 |
| 1922 | 108 | #622 |
| 1923 | 133 | #529 |
| 1924 | 156 | #494 |
| 1925 | 142 | #512 |
| 1926 | 144 | #506 |
| 1927 | 131 | #539 |
| 1928 | 130 | #531 |
| 1929 | 101 | #602 |
| 1930 | 86 | #674 |
| 1931 | 110 | #561 |
| 1932 | 96 | #603 |
| 1933 | 91 | #611 |
| 1934 | 92 | #628 |
| 1935 | 76 | #696 |
| 1936 | 72 | #706 |
| 1937 | 75 | #693 |
| 1938 | 76 | #697 |
| 1939 | 78 | #673 |
| 1940 | 70 | #733 |
| 1941 | 88 | #649 |
| 1942 | 96 | #658 |
| 1943 | 92 | #671 |
| 1944 | 76 | #713 |
| 1945 | 89 | #644 |
| 1946 | 75 | #771 |
| 1947 | 94 | #710 |
| 1948 | 75 | #791 |
| 1949 | 90 | #725 |
| 1950 | 87 | #739 |
| 1951 | 76 | #808 |
| 1952 | 95 | #723 |
| 1953 | 87 | #762 |
| 1954 | 68 | #899 |
| 1955 | 85 | #796 |
| 1956 | 72 | #886 |
| 1957 | 97 | #763 |
| 1958 | 72 | #891 |
| 1959 | 79 | #857 |
| 1960 | 85 | #829 |
| 1961 | 119 | #701 |
| 1962 | 143 | #648 |
| 1963 | 193 | #568 |
| 1964 | 202 | #557 |
| 1965 | 128 | #656 |
| 1966 | 116 | #689 |
| 1967 | 98 | #747 |
| 1968 | 71 | #863 |
| 1969 | 105 | #766 |
| 1970 | 146 | #687 |
| 1971 | 181 | #618 |
| 1972 | 140 | #679 |
| 1973 | 103 | #784 |
| 1974 | 108 | #775 |
| 1975 | 147 | #678 |
| 1976 | 151 | #668 |
| 1977 | 149 | #696 |
| 1978 | 95 | #885 |
| 1979 | 98 | #886 |
| 1980 | 95 | #916 |
| 1981 | 119 | #806 |
| 1982 | 119 | #811 |
| 1983 | 112 | #824 |
| 1984 | 141 | #734 |
| 1985 | 117 | #828 |
| 1986 | 86 | #1,000 |
| 1987 | 124 | #842 |
| 1988 | 122 | #861 |
| 1989 | 122 | #920 |
| 1990 | 143 | #856 |
| 1991 | 153 | #840 |
| 1992 | 157 | #841 |
| 1993 | 178 | #794 |
| 1994 | 187 | #771 |
| 1995 | 191 | #777 |
| 1996 | 149 | #899 |
| 1997 | 156 | #889 |
| 1998 | 165 | #883 |
| 1999 | 214 | #748 |
| 2000 | 247 | #711 |
| 2001 | 309 | #616 |
| 2002 | 329 | #610 |
| 2003 | 410 | #549 |
| 2004 | 413 | #555 |
| 2005 | 502 | #495 |
| 2006 | 1,109 | #301 |
| 2007 | 1,655 | #224 |
| 2008 | 1,817 | #211 |
| 2009 | 2,012 | #189 |
| 2010 | 1,871 | #199 |
| 2011 | 2,158 | #179 |
| 2012 | 2,912 | #132 |
| 2013 | 4,039 | #95 |
| 2014 | 4,824 | #87 |
| 2015 | 6,001 | #66 |
| 2016 | 7,127 | #51 |
| 2017 | 8,201 | #41 |
| 2018 | 7,406 | #41 |
| 2019 | 7,471 | #41 |
| 2020 | 7,058 | #40 |
| 2021 | 6,695 | #45 |
| 2022 | 5,624 | #54 |
| 2023 | 4,863 | #64 |
| 2024 | 4,567 | #73 |
