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Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2008 per 100,000 babies of that sex 25,389 babies given this name since 1969 At its height in 2008, about 1 in 1,000 boys 465 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Linda Girl Probably a short form of Germanic names ending in lind ('soft' or 'linden shield'), later associated with Spanish… Victorian · peak 1948 Landon Boy From an English surname taken from a place name, Old English lang 'long' and dūn 'hill'. Modern · peak 2010 Lindsey Girl From a surname taken from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, Old English 'island of Lincoln'. Modern · peak 1984 Lindsay Girl From a Scottish surname taken from Lindsey in Lincolnshire, Old English 'island of Lincoln' (Lindon + ēg 'island'). Modern · peak 1983 London Girl From the name of the English capital, from Latin Londinium, of uncertain pre-Roman origin. Modern · peak 2013 Lynette Girl From Lynet, a lady in Arthurian romance, possibly connected with the Welsh name Eluned; popularized by Tennyson's… Modern · peak 1965 · forgotten Londyn Girl A modern spelling of London, the English capital, a place name of uncertain pre-Roman origin. Modern · peak 2014 Leandro Boy From Greek Leandros, from leōn 'lion' and anēr 'man'. Early Medieval · peak 2019 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.