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Lincoln

As a boy's name, Lincoln traces back to Old English, where it is understood to mean "Old English/Latin place name". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. 2017 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

Old EnglishOld English/Latin place name
Etymology"Lake colony" (Lindum Colonia)
Births by decade
1900s
176
1910s
906
1920s
1,302
1930s
852
1940s
845
1950s
818
1960s
1,258
1970s
1,318
1980s
1,171
1990s
1,744
2000s
8,911
2010s
37,855
Peaked in the 2010s · 57,156 total U.S. births since 1900