Lyncoln
Lyncoln was the 10288th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2655th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,396 places. More babies were named Lyncoln in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Lincoln) lake settlement (place name) · English, Latin, Brythonic
- Rank in 2025
- #10,288 boys, down 7,380 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- 29% girls, 71% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201847 babies
- Total since 1880
- 651babies recorded
What does the name Lyncoln mean?
Lyncoln is a spelling of Lincoln, pronounced the same way, so it shares Lincoln's meaning and origin.
Lincoln is the name of a city in eastern England. The Romans called it Lindum Colonia: Lindum came from a Brittonic word for a pool or lake, referring to the Brayford Pool on the River Witham, and colonia was the Latin word for a Roman colony. The place name became an English surname. In the United States it became a first name in honor of President Abraham Lincoln, and many American towns took the name after 1865 for the same reason.
Lindum Colōnia (Latin, “Roman colony at Lindum”)*lindos (Proto-Celtic, “lake, pool”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Linc, Link.
See also: English names, names that mean water, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lincoln', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Lincoln (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Lyncoln popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #16,341 | #10,288 | 5 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,430 | #2,908 | 15 | 41 |
| 2010 | #14,382 | #7,931 | 7 | 10 |
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How popular is Lyncoln, counting every spelling?
Lyncoln is a spelling of Lincoln, a name family that ranked #75 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #10,288 for Lyncoln on its own. Together these spellings went to 4,726 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 4,703 | #69 | 26,474 |
| Linkoln | 16 | #5,748 | 131 |
| Lyncoln | 7 | #10,288 | 94 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lyncoln?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lyncoln (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lyncoln born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lyncoln.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lyncoln?
About 500 people born in the US named Lyncoln are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 6 and 12. That makes Lyncoln a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lyncoln: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lyncoln, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lyncoln
What does Lyncoln mean?
Lyncoln is a spelling of Lincoln, which means “lake settlement (place name)” (English, Latin, Brythonic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Lyncoln?
Lyncoln was the 10288th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2655th with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,396 places. More babies were named Lyncoln in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lyncoln a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 29% girls, 71% boys given the name Lyncoln in the US.