How Many People Are Named Linken?
An estimated 453 people in the United States have the first name Linken. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Linken peaked in popularity in 2018 with 41 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Linken as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Linken paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
453
About 1 in 756,632 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2018
41 births
Total Registered
457
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Linken
Linken is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 457 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Linken as a male name
Ranked #7,511 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (41 births)
Linken: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Linken span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 285 babies were registered. While Linken is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Linken by Decade
How has Linken tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Linken by State
Linken + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Linken as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Linken
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Linken: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Linken?
We estimate approximately 453 people named Linken are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 756,632 Americans share this first name.
Is Linken a common name?
Linken is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 457 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Linken most popular?
Linken reached peak popularity in 2018, when 41 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Linken is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Linken a male name?
Linken is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Linken Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Linken Smith, Linken Johnson, Linken Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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