Linda
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Linda
Linda will live forever in baby name history for toppling Mary from its four hundred year reign as Number 1. Queen of Names in 1947, Linda has fallen even further in favor than Mary today.
Linda for girls#902 US
Still, Linda continues to hang on in the US Top 1000, and many contemporary baby namers might consider Linda as an honor name, in middle place or as a starting point for names such as Melinda or Linden. And in some European countries, Linda still ranks high on the popularity charts.
Linda for boys
A mid-century favorite for girls, Linda has appeared in the US charts for boys. Some of this may have been down to data entry errors, especially before the system was computerized, though whether that explains all 216 boys given the name in 1947 is unknown.
In fact, Linda can be a masculine Zulu name, meaning "wait", in which case, it would be pronounced LEEN-da. In Swahili, it may additionally be used to mean "guard" or "defend" and forms parts of other names, which from its Albanian roots, it means "birth" and usually forms parts of other names such as Lindamir or Erlind.
Pronounced LIN-duh.
As of October 2026, Linda ranked #902 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1950, Nameberry popularity #370.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #612 | 475 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #666 | 429 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #665 | 443 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #704 | 409 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #718 | 398 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #769 | 362 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #815 | 334 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #845 | 327 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #802 | 352 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #841 | 324 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #835 | 321 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #902 | 294 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Linda on lists
Famous Lindas
- Linda Darnell (born Monetta Eloyse Darnell)Girl
American actress
- Linda Maria RonstadtGirl
American singer
- Linda EvansGirl
American actress
- Linda Ann GrayGirl
American actress
- Linda Denise BlairGirl
American actress
- Linda Edna CardelliniGirl
American actress
- Linda Diane ThompsonGirl
American actress, girlfriend of Elvis Presley, ex,wife of Caitlyn (formally Bruce) Jenner
- Linda Hunt (born Lydia Susanna Hunter)Girl
American actress
- Linda PerryGirl
producer and lead singer of American band 4 Non Blondes
- Linda Carroll HamiltonGirl
American actress
- Linda RosenkrantzGirl
author and cofounder of Nameberry
- Linda Moulton HoweGirl
American investigative reporter
- Linda Louise Eastman McCartneyGirl
American photographer, musician and wife of musician Paul McCartney
- Linda Marie McMahonGirl
American pro wrestling magnate and politician
- Linda EvangelistaGirl
Canadian supermodel
- Linda Harvey WildGirl
American tennis player
- Linda LavinGirl
American actress
- Linda T. SánchezGirl
American Congresswoman from California
- Linda Lee CadwellGirl
widow of martial arts actor Bruce Lee
- Linda (born Svetlana Lvovna Geiman)Girl
Russian singer
- Linda BoveGirl
American deaf actress ("Sesame Street")
- Linda Rose TrippGirl
former U.S. Pentagon employee and figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal
- Linda ChungGirl
Hong Kong actress
- Linda Susan AgarGirl
elder daughter of child star Shirley Temple
- Linda HolmesGirl
American radio host
- Linda FiorentinoGirl
Italian American actress
Linda in pop culture
- LindaGirl
wife of Kalev in Estonian national epic "Kalevipoeg"
- Linda Lee Danvers aka Supergirl (born Kara ZorGirl
El), character in Superman comics
- Linda FahlstromGirl
character in the Bert Diaries series
- Linda "Lindy" OwensGirl
character in "Beastly" by Alex Flinn
- Linda ClearyGirl
character in movie "Black Market Baby"
- Linda BelcherGirl
character in animated series Bob's Burgers
- Linda TwistGirl
character in Australian TV's "Round the Twist"
- Linda PerelliGirl
character in "Widows"
- Linda FlynnGirl
Fletcher, mother in animated series "Phineas and Ferb"
- Linda SinclairGirl
character from movie "The English Teacher" played by Julianne Moore
- Linda RadlettGirl
character in Nancy Mitford's "Pursuit of Love"
- Linda ArdenGirl
also known as Caroline Hubbard, character in Hercule Poirot series
- LindaGirl
character TV's "Sesame Street" played by Linda Bove
- Linda GundersonGirl
character in animated movie "Rio"
- Linda van SchoonhovenGirl
news anchor in the animated series "Futurama"
- Linda StotchGirl
mother of Butters in animated series "South Park"
- Linda ClarkeGirl
character in British soap "EastEnders"
- Linda CarterGirl
character in British soap "EastEnders"
- Linda CheveskiGirl
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Linda Park aka Dr. LightGirl
character in The Flash comics and TV show
- Linda TannerGirl
a detective on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- "Linda di ChamounixGirl
" opera by Gaetano Donizetti
- Dr. Linda MartinGirl
character on the TV series "Lucifer"
- Linda LanyardGirl
character on TV's Call the midwife
- LindaGirl
character in "The Conjuring" series
- Linda the teacherGirl
character in the 2008 film "Role Models" played by Jessica Morris