Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Linh*

#4,914 most common girls' name of all time · #8,331 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,914
Rank overall
#8,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,732
Since 2016
138
Peak year
1984 #1,724
Best rank
#1,724 1984
Girls Boys peak 87/yr
198020002020

Linh first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 — 16 #6,942
2024 13 — 13 #8,109
2023 5 — 5 #15,731
2022 13 — 13 #8,197
2021 14 — 14 #7,746
2020 15 — 15 #7,333
2019 12 — 12 #8,762
2018 20 — 20 #6,100
2017 14 — 14 #7,986
2016 16 — 16 #7,363
2015 12 — 12 #9,102
2014 27 — 27 #5,087
2013 20 — 20 #6,330
2012 29 — 29 #4,886
2011 22 — 22 #6,023
2010 11 — 11 #9,998
2009 17 — 17 #7,467
2008 22 — 22 #6,222
2007 27 — 27 #5,299
2006 24 — 24 #5,616
2005 16 — 16 #7,277
2004 21 — 21 #5,843
2003 25 — 25 #5,014
2002 17 — 17 #6,540
2001 23 — 23 #5,088
2000 26 — 26 #4,599
1999 33 — 33 #3,693
1998 29 — 29 #3,974
1997 37 — 37 #3,199
1996 42 — 42 #2,885
1995 42 10 52 #2,870
1994 41 7 48 #2,916
1993 44 5 49 #2,757
1992 48 9 57 #2,606
1991 62 17 79 #2,161
1990 42 9 51 #2,783
1989 51 9 60 #2,334
1988 44 12 56 #2,485
1987 64 11 75 #1,837
1986 57 11 68 #1,949
1985 62 9 71 #1,832
1984 64 23 87 #1,724
1983 61 14 75 #1,769
1982 61 18 79 #1,806
1981 54 24 78 #1,983
1980 40 9 49 #2,439
1979 25 — 25 #3,330
1978 15 6 21 #4,664
1977 12 — 12 #5,512
1976 6 5 11 #9,084
1975 6 5 11 #8,986