Lincoln
Top 1000
About Lincoln
Lincoln cracked the Top 50 for boys' names for the first time in 2016, more than 150 years after the death of its most famous bearer. This is especially remarkable because, as crazy as it seems now, Lincoln was deeply out of fashion as recently as the late 90s, consistently hovering near the bottom of the Top 1000.
This admirable presidential choice with a stylish two-syllable sound projects the tall, rangy, upright, image of Honest Abe. Bill Murray is father to a son named Lincoln, and Kathryn Erbe's boy Carson has Lincoln for his middle name. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard gender-bent it for their daughter.
Lincoln Steffens was an influential muckraking writer, author of The Shame of the Cities. Lincoln is also a Teen Mom name, which may have had some impact, and is a major character on TV's Broad City.
Abraham Lincoln has also been a popular subject of fiction in his own right in recent years, having been the subject of revered short story writer George Saunders' first novel and an Academy Award winning movie by Steven Spielberg.
The nickname Linc has a nice sixties 'Mod Squad' feel.
Pronounced LINK-un.
As of October 2026, Lincoln ranked #69 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #40 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #196.
Editor's take: The name Lincoln is a boy's name of English origin meaning "town by the pool".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #87 | 4,824 | 2,511.4 |
| 2015 | #66 | 6,001 | 3,130.8 |
| 2016 | #51 | 7,127 | 3,755.5 |
| 2017 | #41 | 8,201 | 4,430.7 |
| 2018 | #41 | 7,406 | 4,077.8 |
| 2019 | #41 | 7,471 | 4,163.9 |
| 2020 | #40 | 7,058 | 4,089 |
| 2021 | #45 | 6,695 | 3,826.8 |
| 2022 | #54 | 5,624 | 3,221.1 |
| 2023 | #64 | 4,863 | 2,842.9 |
| 2024 | #73 | 4,567 | 2,650.8 |
| 2025 | #69 | 4,703 | 2,753.4 |
World rankings
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Lincoln on lists
Famous Lincolns
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee
American politician; 74th governor of Rhode Island
- Lincoln Carter Almond
American politician; 72nd Governor of Rhode Island
- Lincoln Rafael Diaz
Balart, U.S. Congressman from Florida
- Lincoln Clay Lewis
Australian actor
- Lincoln Younes
Australian actor
- Lincoln Ellsworth
American polar explorer
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein
American artist; founder of NYC Ballet
- Lincoln Joseph Steffens
American journalist
- Lincoln Child
American novelist
- Lincoln Mahan
oldest son of Brooke Mahan, co,host on YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
- (Tamerlane) Lincoln Kennedy
Jr., American NFL football player and commentator
- Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III
YouTuber of "Rhett & Link"
- Lincoln Neal
son of Lincoln "Link" Neal III
- Lincoln Bixby Cruz (b. 1995)
son of actor Brandon Cruz
- Lincoln William Holiday Alphin (b. 2005)
son of country music singer Big Kenny
- Lincoln Marshall Marroquin (b. 2013)
son of reality TV personalities Javi and Kailyn Lowry Marroquin of "Teen Mom 2"
- Lincoln William DeSanto (b. 2013)
son of reality TV personality Janelle Pierzina ("Big Brother") and Jess DeSanto
- Lincoln Roy Hoellein (b. 2015)
son of American family vlogger Bonnie Hoellein
- Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
Lincoln in pop culture
- Lincoln "Linc" Burrows
character on TV's Prison Break
- Lincoln Hawk
main character in Over the Top, played by Sylvester Stallone
- Lincoln Lee
character on TV's "Fringe"
- Lincoln
character on TV's "The 100"
- Lincoln Lee
Segal, character in Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
- Lincoln
character in What Maisie Knew
- Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln
character in The Island
- Lincoln
character on TV's "Broad City"
- Lincoln "Linc" Hayes
character on TV's "The Mod Squad"
- Lincoln "Linc" Case
character on TV's "Route 66"
- Lincoln Campbell
Inhuman character on TV show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Lincoln Loud
character on animated series "The Loud House"
- Lincoln Rosario
cut character from Broadway musical "In The Heights"
- Lincoln Roth
female character in The Smokers
- Lincoln
England, city from which the name derives
- Port Lincoln
city in South Australia at the lower end of Eyre Peninsula