Linux Popularity by Year
Follow Linux across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Linux birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 7 | #9,894 | Down 2,156 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 10 | #7,738 | Up 562 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 9 | #8,300 | Down 134 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 9 | #8,166 | Up 1,388 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 116 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 1,105 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 1,959 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Up 1,828 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | — |
| 2015 | Boys | 6 | #10,644 | Down 1,855 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 8 | #8,789 | Up 3,485 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | — |