Name meaning & stats
Linus
Linus (Latin origin). 4,093 US babies since 1940, peak 2017.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Latin
In US birth records
Peak year: 2017
4,093 US babies were named Linus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Linus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Linus is the main spelling
- Linus 97%
- Linas 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2017)