Linda

A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning pretty or beautiful.

Babies a year
404
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#902
down from #835
UK popularity
#1892
15 babies

How Linda has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#591#784#976201520202025#902

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#665
2016#665
2017#704
2018#720
2019#771
2020#817
2021#846
2022#807
2023#842
2024#835
2025#902

Linda by the numbers

In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Linda. In the US, 404 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 99,686 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.

At its height, in 1950, about 1 in 22 American girls born that year was called Linda.

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Linda as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Linda

Forms of Linda in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Lynnelake or soft; a form of Lynn or Linda13 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnalake; a variant of Lynn or Linda8 in the US (2017)
  • Valindastrong and beautiful; blend of Val and Linda

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Linda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Linalight; short form of Helena or other names200 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lyndapretty, beautiful; a form of Linda32 in the US (2017)
  • Lidafrom Lydia; a form of Lydia3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Linna9 in the US (2017)
  • Lindi7 in the US (2017)
  • Lianato bind or wrap around; climbing vine150 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Linda, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Linda

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