Lin

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 54% girls / 46% boys

Lin first appears in the U.S. data in 1917 and has been recorded in 86 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 35 babies (rank #1,667 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 girls (rank #14,471). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
1,890
Total babies (all years)
86
Years in the data
35
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19175#4,982
19305#4,938
19377#3,645
19385#4,695
19396#4,047
194010#2,872
194112#2,605
19429#3,324
19438#3,676
194412#2,708
19457#3,859
194613#2,816
194719#2,321
194823#2,049
194920#2,249
195020#2,220
195123#2,090
195235#1,667
195327#1,992
195428#2,004
195531#1,930
195619#2,678
195734#1,888
195821#2,542
195931#2,039
196035#1,939
196115#3,408
196222#2,635
196321#2,744
196415#3,444
196511#4,086
196614#3,466
196712#3,964
196811#4,366
196910#4,892
19706#7,575
19719#5,801
19726#7,794
19736#7,973
19745#9,555
19756#8,591
19767#7,755
198015#4,870
19817#8,639
198210#6,642
198310#6,482
19846#9,831
198511#6,284
19869#7,462
19887#9,880
19896#11,700
19906#12,254
19915#14,435
19928#10,039
199311#7,822
19947#11,254
199510#8,459
19966#12,777
19977#11,536
19986#13,403
199910#9,208
200010#9,589
200112#8,520
20027#13,033
200317#6,777
200416#7,268
200516#7,351
20069#12,009
200711#10,543
20085#19,285
200910#11,145
20108#12,977
20115#18,419
201210#10,928
20137#14,037
201412#9,305
20156#15,622
20169#11,410
20175#17,363
20185#17,114
201913#8,413
20208#11,690
20217#12,949
202210#10,102
20235#16,594
20246#14,471