Meaning and history
From a German and Dutch surname derived from Old High German linta, meaning “linden tree.”
20062006: 43 births, rank #2,698
2007: 42 births, rank #2,811
2008: 55 births, rank #2,345
2009: 60 births, rank #2,203
2010: 58 births, rank #2,239
20112011: 68 births, rank #1,999
2012: 59 births, rank #2,209
2013: 54 births, rank #2,336
2014: 70 births, rank #2,017
2015: 89 births, rank #1,729
20162016: 99 births, rank #1,618
2017: 107 births, rank #1,530
2018: 106 births, rank #1,576
2019: 100 births, rank #1,634
2020: 107 births, rank #1,539
20212021: 112 births, rank #1,554
2022: 95 births, rank #1,750
2023: 95 births, rank #1,735
2024: 114 births, rank #1,540
20252025: 129 births, rank #1,409
Linden rose from #997 to #929 for boys between 1944 and 1947. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 57.