Linwood

Boy name

Linwood has been given to 12,781 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1948.

Meaning & origin /ˈlɪnwʊd/

From Old English lind (“linden tree”) + Old English wudu (“woods, forest”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,781

Peak year

1948 (276 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -100%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Linwood.

11,446 babies since 1885

14,400 babies since 1882

14,440 babies since 1880

10,955 babies since 1918

15,045 babies since 1927

10,319 babies since 1890

9,856 babies since 1880

15,819 babies since 1889

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