Linden

maleStatistical record

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

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

Linden: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,010, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1010highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1010
1998	#1188
1999	#1082
2000	#1330
2001	#3134
2002	#1411
2003	#2189
2004	#2304
2005	#1716
2006	#2538
2007	#2023
2008	#1024
2009	#1265
2010	#1109
2011	#1600
2012	#1756
2013	#1617
2014	#1721
2015	#2020
2016	#1903
2017	#2172
2018	#1991
2019	#3013
2020	#2228
2021	#2301
2022	#3449
2023	#2160
2024	#2263

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1010 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Linden 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 Linden in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
2020s	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Linden appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1010 in England and Wales in 1997.

Linden'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,010, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200825 to 49 births →

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Naim · #1010, 26y
Baylee · #1011, 29y
Safwaan · #1011, 29y
Bismah · #1012, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Naim · #1010, 26y
Baylee · #1011, 29y
Safwaan · #1011, 29y
Tommy-Jay · #1011, 20y

Linden 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 Linden without appearing here.

Linden moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Linden

Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1188 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1330 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1411 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #1092.

Moved the opposite way to Linden

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Linden

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Linden went from #1168 to #2263 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1010 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Linden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Linden at a glance

Linden by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Linden and the names beside it

Linden moved ahead of

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