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Lincoln

Boy

Origin of the name

Lincoln is the name of an English city, from the Latin Lindum colonia, and that of the American president Abraham Lincoln.

Rising name

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The high point came in 2017, with 8,202 births and the No. 41 spot that year. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Its rank in 2025: No. 69. 50% of all babies named Lincoln since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
104,918births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 41rank at its peak, in 2017

Where babies named Lincoln are born

2017

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The darker the blue, the more common Lincoln is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lincoln is most common in Utah (4 times), Idaho (2.7) and Nevada (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Abraham · Grayson · Bryson · Harrison · Jaxon · Josiah

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