Linwood vs Linzy
American parents have registered 12,781 Linwoods since 1880, against 1,539 Linzys. But in 2025 it was Linzy that was commoner, 8 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Linwood Linzy
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Linwood for 114 years and Linzy for 31 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1880–1984 Linwood ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1990–2016 Linzy ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2020–2022 Linwood ahead
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Linwood | Linzy | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,781 | 1,539 |
| Most in one year | 276 | 54 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 5,700 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 65 | 31 |
| Peak year | 1948 | 1990 |
| Best rank | 409th boys | 2,640th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,917th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1883 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 12,776 | 974 / 565 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Linwoods alive today are over 65; half the Linzys are over 31. That is 34 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Linwood Maine (19.7×), Virginia (15.2×), North Carolina (12.4×)
- Linzy California (6.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Linwood and Linzy.