Quick answers about Linwood
How many people are named Linwood?
An estimated 5,150 living Americans are named Linwood.
How rare is Linwood?
Linwood fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Linwood?
The median age of a living American named Linwood is approximately 64 years, with most bearers falling between 51 and 73 years old.
Is Linwood still popular?
Not especially. Linwood has been declining since its 1948 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Linwood most common?
Linwood has its strongest geographic signal in Maine, where it appears 23.9× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19482025
Where it lives now
Linwood is most concentrated in Maine — about 17.7× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Linwood is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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