Lincoln is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Lincoln is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #57 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Lincoln, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 85,369 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Lincoln. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The name Lincoln is of English origin and is derived from the city called Lincoln, which developed from its Roman name Lindum Colonia, meaning ‘Roman colony by the pool’. Lincoln is also used as a surname and, mainly because of Abraham Lincoln, commonly associated with strength, leadership, wisdom, and integrity.
The English city of Lincoln… was founded as a Roman Legionary Fortress, probably in the 1st century. Many archaeological remains of the Romans can still be seen there today.
Lincoln Ellsworth (1880 - 1951)
Ellsworth was a polar explorer from Chicago, Illinois. In 1925, he accompanied Roald Amundsen in his attempt to reach the North Pole. In the 1930s, Ellsworth lead four expeditions to Antarctica, discovering the Ellsworth Mountains.
Lincoln Peirce (*1963)
The American cartoonist and animator is best known for his comic strip Big Nate, which launched in 1991. The comic follows sixth-grade Nate Wright alongside his family and friends. Based on his comic, Peirce created an animated series in 2022.
Lincoln Chafee (*1953)
Chafee is an American politician, who served as a United States senator and as the Governor of Rhode Island. During his career, he was a member of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Lincoln Rhyme
The popular fictional character Lincoln Rhyme is a forensic criminalist. Due to an accident, he can only move his head an his left ring finger. Rhyme first appeared in the 1997 novel The Bone Collector and was played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film adaption.
When you hear the name Lincoln, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Lincoln? Are you also called Lincoln? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is an Early Gothic style cathedral in Lincoln, England. Construction began in 1072 and completed in 1311. Some historians of the time wrongly called it the tallest building in the world.
lies Lincolnshire, a county with more than one million inhabitants. It has long been a primarily agricultural area and is today one of the UKs leading agricultural experiment stations.
the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside moved its main campus from Hull to Lincoln and changed its name to University of Lincoln.
Boyhood Home is located in Lincoln State Park in the US state of Indiana. The park was established in 1932 and receives about 235,000 visitors annually.
#39 - this is the highest rank Lincoln has ever achieved. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of recording. The last time Lincoln reached this top spot was in 2020 when 7,217 newborn boys were given this name. But as our statistics show, Lincoln hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1884, not a single newborn or less than 5 were named Lincoln (a name is only included in the official statistics if it has been given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Lincoln has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well into our time today. From zero to hero - even though it took a while for Lincoln to really catch on, it has become a very popular name.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Lincoln was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, 5,723 newborns were given the name Lincoln, making it rank #55. In the current century, the name is really taking off. So the chances of meeting a young Lincoln are higher than ever.
The name Lincoln may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Lincoln is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 459 men in Utah is called Lincoln. In total, that’s 2,968 people who feel addressed when the name Lincoln is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #122 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Lincoln as the answer a total of 85,369 times. This places Lincoln at #314 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Lincoln as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.1% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Lincoln has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all boys' names starting with an L, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with L that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Larry.
If your name is Lincoln and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Lincoln, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Lincoln sounds like this:
