Lincoln
Lincoln places #69 across the country in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 104,918 American bearers across the record.
Lincoln’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Lincoln, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Lincoln since 1880
Lincoln peaked in 2017 at #41; #69 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Lincoln is most common
Among the states, Lincoln takes its largest share in Wyoming, 1.28% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with New Hampshire and Maine next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Lincoln
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Lyla
#80 in 2025
Lucia
#83 in 2025 · Latin
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
Logan
#53 in 2025
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Landon
#127 in 2025
Layla
#36 in 2025
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
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About Lincoln
How popular is the name Lincoln?
Lincoln places #69 across the country in 2025, and it is easing off its peak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Lincoln have a meaning on record?
Lincoln postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
What names go with Lincoln?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Lyla sits closest, with Lucia and Luka just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
Get Lincoln’s free Name Kit
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