Lien
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728
- Given to girls 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 519since 1975
Lien over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lien has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
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| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
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| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
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| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Lien! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004–2007, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lien is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lien in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lien
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1982 at #2,704 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49,804
- Highest: 1 in 49,804 girls born in 1982 were named Lien (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 46.6% of all girls named Lien (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #4,363 (1976) | #6,062 |
| 1980s | 242 | #2,704 (1982) | #3,675 |
| 1990s | 142 | #4,059 (1991) | #6,801 |
| 2000s | 54 | #8,758 (2001) | #13,763 |
| 2010s | 19 | #11,181 (2011) | #14,692 |
| 2020s | 10 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,197 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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