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Linton
OriginEnglish
Meaning"flax settlement"
GenderBoy
About Linton
The name Linton peaked for boys at #606 in 1889.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Famous Lintons
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jamaican,British dub poet
- Linton Vassell
British mixed martial artist
- Linton Wells II
U.S. Naval officer and Deputy Secretary of Defense
- Linton Johnson III
American basketball player
- Linton Garner
American jazz pianist
- Linton Baldwin
American author
- Linton Deen (b. 2018)
son of American TV chef and personality Bobby Deen
Linton in pop culture
- Linton
Son of Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights” (1847)
- The Linton Worm
a folkloric being
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