Lin
Lin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195235 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1917
- 1,890people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,027 girls have been named Lin in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 35 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 26%.
Lin is used for both sexes: 46% of its bearers are boys (863), most of them born around 1959.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 23 | |
| 1940s | 133 | |
| 1950s | 269 | |
| 1960s | 166 | |
| 1970s | 45 | |
| 1980s | 81 | |
| 1990s | 76 | |
| 2000s | 113 | |
| 2010s | 80 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Lin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Lin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dianapeak 1957
- Melodeepeak 1956
- Laurelpeak 1956
- Brindapeak 1952
- Nancipeak 1953
- Jeralynpeak 1961
- Dreamapeak 1958
- Karolpeak 2005
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.