Lincoln

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lincoln: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #33 in 2021, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1345
1998	#1485
1999	#1199
2000	#1096
2001	#1027
2002	#993
2003	#1248
2004	#1222
2005	#1534
2006	#357
2007	#219
2008	#256
2009	#239
2010	#245
2011	#271
2012	#263
2013	#204
2014	#195
2015	#129
2016	#128
2017	#106
2018	#125
2019	#141
2020	#149
2021	#164
2022	#202
2023	#249
2024	#260

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #95 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #260 among boys in England and Wales, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #478 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2023
Highest recorded position: #33 among boys in New Zealand, in 2021 (recorded 2007–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Lincoln appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 5,622 births with the name.

Lincoln across 5 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.

Lincoln'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#106 (2017)	#260 (2024)	29 of 29	5,622 (1996–2024)	593 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#305 (2017)	#432 (2025)	16 of 20	109 (2006–2025)	14 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#202 (2017)	#339 (2024)	15 of 19	86 (2006–2024)	10 (2017)
New Zealand · Boys	#93 (2007)	#33 (2021)	#84 (2023)	17 of 17	1,396 (2007–2023)	116 (2018)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#85 (2009)	#50 (2017)	#95 (2024)	16 of 16	2,237 (2009–2024)	174 (2016)

Lincoln by decade in England and Wales · 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 Lincoln in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000s	743	10 of 10	74
2010sbusiest	3,521	10 of 10	352
2020s	1,319	5 of 10	264

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 352 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2014 and 2015, when recorded births rose by 188, from 291 to 479.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lincoln 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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in New Zealand in 2021.

Lincoln'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	#260	180	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#249	190	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#202	254	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#164	324	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#149	371	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#141	406	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#125	462	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#106	593	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#128	478	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#129	479	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#195	291	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#204	271	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#263	182	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#271	166	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#245	193	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#239	185	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#256	169	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#219	208	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#357	96	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	145	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#84	51	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#47	83	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#33	107	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#54	78	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#41	104	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#35	116	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#42	105	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#46	100	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#44	113	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#60	75	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#70	69	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#81	60	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#83	57	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#74	70	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#70	73	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#69	76	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#93	59	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#252	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#215	9	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 18 years, 18 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 593 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 28 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Billie · #33, 35y
Frankie · #33, 30y
Mackenzie · #33, 30y
Archer · #32, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Frankie · #33, 30y
Mackenzie · #33, 30y
Archer · #32, 27y
Delilah · #32, 30y

Lincoln was ranked #33 in New Zealand · Boys in 2021. 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.

Lincoln 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 Lincoln without appearing here.

Lincoln moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #357 and #2538.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1485 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1199 and #2943.
Conan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1456 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #357 and #2087.
Courtney Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1534 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #357 and #2087.

Moved ahead of Lincoln

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1345 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1485 and #924.
Albie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #215 and #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #254 and #178.
Mason Compare
In 2009 they stood at #85 and #96 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 2010 that had become #95 and #52.
Theo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #68 and #69 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 2022 that had become #64 and #40.

Moved the opposite way to Lincoln

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Lincoln

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lincoln went from #1168 to #260 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #33 in New Zealand in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lincoln

Lincoln at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lincoln across 5 official records

Lincoln by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lincoln appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lincoln

Lincoln and the names beside it

Lincoln moved ahead of

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Lincoln at a glance

Lincoln across 5 official records

Lincoln by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Lincoln appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lincoln

Lincoln and the names beside it

Lincoln moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lincoln

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