Lin
Rank in 2025
#11932
recorded as girls
Up 1,545 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7
girls 7
Peak year
1952
35 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,897
since 1898
Born a Lin? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lin was most popular in 1952, when 35 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 7 babies were named Lin, ranking #11932 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11932 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9680 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12206 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11090 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 8138 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 15682 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 9 | 10859 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 12 | 8966 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10679 | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | 8 | 9019 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10129 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 16 | 7138 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 7077 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 17 | 6576 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 8196 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 8805 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 11 | 7498 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 8 | 9491 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 11409 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7134 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 11 | 6031 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 6212 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | 6371 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 15 | 4743 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7435 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | 11 | 2682 |
| 1968 | 11 | 4222 | 13 | 2311 |
| 1967 | 12 | 3845 | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | 14 | 3400 | 15 | 2043 |
| 1965 | 11 | 3952 | 9 | 2780 |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | 21 | 2704 | 15 | 2115 |
| 1962 | 22 | 2605 | 18 | 1896 |
| 1961 | 15 | 3318 | 21 | 1778 |
| 1960 | 35 | 1925 | 16 | 2042 |
| 1959 | 31 | 2021 | 28 | 1501 |
| 1958 | 21 | 2506 | 18 | 1896 |
| 1957 | 34 | 1869 | 16 | 2019 |
| 1956 | 19 | 2622 | 24 | 1608 |
| 1955 | 31 | 1907 | 20 | 1725 |
| 1954 | 28 | 1987 | 17 | 1887 |
| 1953 | 27 | 1973 | 27 | 1455 |
| 1952 | 35 | 1641 | 18 | 1804 |
| 1951 | 23 | 2064 | 20 | 1683 |
| 1950 | 20 | 2185 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1949 | 20 | 2212 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1948 | 23 | 2008 | 19 | 1703 |
| 1947 | 19 | 2279 | 19 | 1733 |
| 1946 | 13 | 2739 | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | 7 | 3676 | 16 | 1697 |
| 1944 | 12 | 2625 | 15 | 1810 |
| 1943 | 8 | 3493 | 19 | 1636 |
| 1942 | 9 | 3194 | 17 | 1730 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2532 | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | 10 | 2737 | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3782 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3434 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 2629 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 8 | 2738 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 11 | 2313 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4550 | 10 | 2609 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 9 | 2843 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 12 | 2446 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 7 | 3532 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 9 | 2877 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 5 | 4179 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4594 | 6 | 3545 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 5 | 1121 |
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Recorded as girls 55% · boys 45% across all years