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.

Linley

#4,886 most common girls' name of all time · #8,290 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among girls
#4,886
Rank overall
#8,290 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
1,746
Since 2016
695
Peak year
2021 #2,127
Best rank
#2,127 2021
Girls Boys peak 89/yr
192019401960198020002020

Linley first appears in 1917. 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 50 50 #3,179
2024 58 58 #2,865
2023 80 80 #2,299
2022 79 79 #2,351
2021 89 89 #2,127
2020 65 65 #2,606
2019 53 53 #3,053
2018 69 69 #2,539
2017 77 77 #2,363
2016 75 75 #2,451
2015 84 84 #2,242
2014 75 75 #2,420
2013 85 85 #2,193
2012 72 72 #2,526
2011 58 58 #2,952
2010 54 54 #3,087
2009 50 50 #3,310
2008 39 39 #4,025
2007 24 24 #5,739
2006 37 37 #4,009
2005 26 26 #4,989
2004 24 24 #5,233
2003 13 13 #8,062
2002 12 12 #8,334
2001 16 16 #6,671
1999 9 9 #9,587
1998 10 10 #8,661
1997 7 7 #10,963
1996 6 6 #11,978
1995 6 6 #11,944
1994 13 13 #6,751
1993 8 8 #9,680
1992 9 9 #8,849
1991 17 17 #5,440
1990 20 20 #4,731
1989 33 33 #3,184
1988 43 43 #2,499
1987 14 14 #5,377
1986 6 6 #9,737
1984 11 11 #5,989
1983 8 8 #7,438
1982 6 6 #9,432
1981 8 8 #7,544
1980 10 10 #6,408
1979 7 7 #8,219
1978 6 6 #8,751
1977 7 7 #7,734
1976 5 5 #9,594
1974 5 5 #9,020
1969 7 7 #6,135
1965 6 6
1963 5 5 #6,922
1962 7 5 12 #5,495
1952 5 5 #5,890
1949 8 8
1943 5 5
1942 6 6
1941 5 5
1934 5 5
1931 5 5
1930 5 5
1928 5 5
1926 5 5
1925 5 5
1920 5 5
1919 7 7
1917 7 7