Linus

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Linus: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Linus: Recorded since 1987, it reached #49 in 2007, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#49highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#2022
1998	#1000
1999	#1027
2000	#1241
2001	#1027
2002	#1128
2003	#1132
2004	#1160
2005	#1047
2006	#1401
2007	#1201
2008	#1343
2009	#1133
2010	#1911
2011	#1124
2012	#1191
2013	#1183
2014	#1117
2015	#1786
2016	#2804
2017	#1627
2018	#1683
2019	#2488
2020	#2076
2021	#2125
2022	#4789
2023	#2546
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 32 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2024: #75 among boys in Norway, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #580 among boys in Norway in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1987–2025
Highest recorded position: #49 among boys in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1987–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #87 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Linus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 2,191 births with the name.

Linus across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Linus's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#580 (1987)	#49 (2007)	#87 (2025)	32 of 39	2,191 (1987–2025)	160 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1000 (1998)	#3254 (2024)	29 of 29	400 (1996–2024)	24 (2014)

Linus by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Linus in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	12	2 of 10	6
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	747	10 of 10	75
2010sbusiest	1,011	10 of 10	101
2020s	399	6 of 10	67

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 101 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 50, from 28 to 78.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Linus appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in Norway in 2007.

Linus's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#87	76	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#75	90	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#94	69	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#109	55	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#98	63	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#116	46	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#117	55	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#102	70	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#90	88	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#93	85	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#90	89	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#87	96	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#73	118	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#78	113	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#55	154	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#61	143	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#63	141	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#69	131	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#49	160	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#69	125	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#102	78	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#191	28	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#207	26	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#196	27	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#274	15	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#580	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#516	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#580	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #49, first reached in 2007.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in Norway in 2007.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Linnea · #2, 46y
Linsey · #343, 17y
Linzi · #282, 13y
Lio · #1595, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mille · #40, 35y
Bevan · #59, 33y
Mathea · #39, 34y
Vaughan · #74, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alana · #49, 46y
Alannah · #49, 42y
Milla · #49, 32y
Ariana · #50, 34y

Linus was ranked #49 in Norway · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Linus and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Linus without appearing here.

Linus moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Linus

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2018.
Anders Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #2529.
Isak Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.

Moved the opposite way to Linus

Alexander Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 while Alexander went from #12 to #81.
Anders Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 while Anders went from #8 to #293.
Andreas Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 while Andreas went from #3 to #96.
Arild Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 while Arild went from #129 to #489.

Moved the same way as Linus

Aksel Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 and Aksel from #204 to #25.
Arthur Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 and Arthur from #522 to #83.
Edward Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 and Edward from #565 to #189.
Einar Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Linus went from #580 to #87 and Einar from #148 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in Norway in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Linus

Linus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Linus across 2 official records

Linus by decade in Norway · Boys

Linus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Linus and the names beside it

Linus moved ahead of

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Linus at a glance

Linus across 2 official records

Linus by decade in Norway · Boys

Linus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Linus

Linus and the names beside it

Linus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Linus

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