Linken comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning "Linken" means "connecting" or "bonding".
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How popular is Linken?
2018peak year
Linken has been losing ground. Once far more common, it has been declining steadily in recent years. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #4961), with about 25 babies named Linken each year. In 2018, 41 babies received the name (ranked #2920). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 457.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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