Lin**
#4,622 most common girls' name of all time · #7,855 across all names · 45% male / 55% female · used 1898–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,622
Rank overall
#7,855 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
1,897
Since 2016
105
Peak year
1959 #2,037
Best rank
#1,656 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 59/yr
Lin first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,007 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,556 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #15,303 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #9,727 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,274 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,154 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,172 |
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,778 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,005 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,912 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #14,570 |
| 2014 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #8,999 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #13,209 |
| 2012 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,483 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #16,873 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #12,333 |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #10,718 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #17,621 |
| 2007 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #11,461 |
| 2005 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,171 |
| 2004 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #7,091 |
| 2003 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,601 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,256 |
| 2001 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #8,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,212 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,858 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,497 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,900 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,887 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,130 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,650 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,559 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,569 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,281 |
| 1990 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #11,488 |
| 1989 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,935 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #9,324 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1986 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #7,207 |
| 1985 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #6,083 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,242 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,274 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,416 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #8,220 |
| 1980 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,385 |
| 1975 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,095 |
| 1974 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,900 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,528 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,412 |
| 1971 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,607 |
| 1970 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,182 |
| 1969 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #4,770 |
| 1968 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #4,273 |
| 1967 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #3,880 |
| 1966 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #3,433 |
| 1965 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #4,005 |
| 1964 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #3,415 |
| 1963 | 21 | 15 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 1962 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #2,624 |
| 1961 | 15 | 21 | 36 | #3,355 |
| 1960 | 35 | 16 | 51 | #1,937 |
| 1959 | 31 | 28 | 59 | #2,037 |
| 1958 | 21 | 18 | 39 | #2,526 |
| 1957 | 34 | 16 | 50 | #1,883 |
| 1956 | 19 | 24 | 43 | #2,642 |
| 1955 | 31 | 20 | 51 | #1,916 |
| 1954 | 28 | 17 | 45 | #2,000 |
| 1953 | 27 | 27 | 54 | #1,991 |
| 1952 | 35 | 18 | 53 | #1,656 |
| 1951 | 23 | 20 | 43 | #2,084 |
| 1950 | 20 | 17 | 37 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #2,240 |
| 1948 | 23 | 19 | 42 | #2,034 |
| 1947 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #2,314 |
| 1946 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #2,784 |
| 1945 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #3,764 |
| 1944 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #2,678 |
| 1943 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #3,573 |
| 1942 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,290 |
| 1941 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #2,594 |
| 1940 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,826 |
| 1939 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,906 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,494 |
| 1937 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,537 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1932 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,699 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,754 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | — |