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Linda

“Soft, tender; later popularly linked to Spanish for 'beautiful'” — Germanic origin

Girl's name · #902 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Linda has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #1 (1947) · 1,455,143 babies named Linda all-time · 1 in 5,600 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #61 in Austria (2025) · #79 in Czechia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lindas

• Linda B. Buck — American biologist
• Linda Hamilton — American actress
• Linda Ronstadt — American singer (born 1946)
• Linda Lovelace — American adult-film actress (1949-2002)
• Linda Blair — American actress

In stories & tradition

• Linda (Kara Zor-El) — Superman/Batman: Apocalypse · Smallville
• Linda — literary character
• Linda Park (comics) — The Flash · Arrow

What Lindas become

Among 3,480 notable people named Linda:

Medical professionals appear 1.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Linda Laubenstein, American physicien and medical researcher on AIDS.

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