Lina
#572 for girls in 2025, 527 births · Last seen for boys in 1985 at #6,523
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 49 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,489since 1880
Lina over time
Rank among girls' names. Lina has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #572 | 527 | — | |
| 2024 | #565 | 534 | — | |
| 2023 | #585 | 513 | — | |
| 2022 | #581 | 514 | — | |
| 2021 | #670 | 441 | — | |
| 2020 | #690 | 413 | — | |
| 2019 | #723 | 392 | — | |
| 2018 | #754 | 361 | — | |
| 2017 | #750 | 375 | — | |
| 2016 | #847 | 335 | — | |
| 2015 | #849 | 329 | — | |
| 2014 | #768 | 364 | — | |
| 2013 | #850 | 306 | — | |
| 2012 | #773 | 355 | — | |
| 2011 | #852 | 309 | — | |
| 2010 | #851 | 315 | — | |
| 2009 | #953 | 280 | — | |
| 2008 | #916 | 299 | — | |
| 2007 | #964 | 279 | — | |
| 2006 | #984 | 264 | — | |
| 2005 | #979 | 250 | — | |
| 2004 | #887 | 274 | — | |
| 2003 | #939 | 251 | — | |
| 2002 | #984 | 224 | — | |
| 2001 | #997 | 215 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,134 | 180 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,028 | 198 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,167 | 161 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,013 | 190 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,046 | 177 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,090 | 163 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,105 | 162 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,110 | 162 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,010 | 186 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,051 | 173 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,130 | 153 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,111 | 149 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,118 | 137 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,065 | 141 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,158 | 123 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,103 | 125 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,071 | 129 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,083 | 131 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,064 | 133 | — | |
| 1980 | #966 | 153 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,113 | 122 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,212 | 103 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,102 | 117 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,036 | 119 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 103 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,143 | 96 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,155 | 94 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,228 | 91 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,109 | 99 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 | — | |
| 1967 | #959 | 113 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,087 | 93 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,055 | 99 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,211 | 83 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,003 | 113 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,395 | 63 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,224 | 81 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,110 | 93 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,129 | 88 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,170 | 82 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,169 | 79 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 70 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,109 | 70 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,145 | 65 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,038 | 74 | — | |
| 1948 | #871 | 100 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,038 | 73 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,121 | 57 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,080 | 53 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,062 | 54 | — | |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 | — | |
| 1941 | #934 | 62 | — | |
| 1940 | #912 | 62 | — | |
| 1939 | #878 | 64 | — | |
| 1938 | #851 | 69 | — | |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 | — | |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1935 | #813 | 70 | — | |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 | — | |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 | — | |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 | — | |
| 1931 | #784 | 74 | — | |
| 1930 | #734 | 91 | — | |
| 1929 | #695 | 101 | — | |
| 1928 | #831 | 75 | — | |
| 1927 | #766 | 89 | — | |
| 1926 | #763 | 90 | — | |
| 1925 | #721 | 104 | — | |
| 1924 | #693 | 115 | — | |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 | — | |
| 1922 | #701 | 109 | — | |
| 1921 | #667 | 122 | — | |
| 1920 | #690 | 111 | — | |
| 1919 | #695 | 102 | — | |
| 1918 | #708 | 104 | — | |
| 1917 | #635 | 115 | — | |
| 1916 | #679 | 101 | — | |
| 1915 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1914 | #595 | 91 | — | |
| 1913 | #587 | 76 | — | |
| 1912 | #603 | 66 | — | |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 | — | |
| 1910 | #493 | 68 | — | |
| 1909 | #496 | 57 | — | |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | — | |
| 1907 | #395 | 80 | — | |
| 1906 | #486 | 50 | — | |
| 1905 | #510 | 44 | — | |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 | — | |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 | — | |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 | — | |
| 1901 | #397 | 55 | — | |
| 1900 | #417 | 65 | — | |
| 1899 | #402 | 52 | — | |
| 1898 | #465 | 44 | — | |
| 1897 | #397 | 53 | — | |
| 1896 | #358 | 66 | — | |
| 1895 | #357 | 61 | — | |
| 1894 | #370 | 57 | — | |
| 1893 | #379 | 51 | — | |
| 1892 | #338 | 60 | — | |
| 1891 | #351 | 50 | — | |
| 1890 | #317 | 63 | — | |
| 1889 | #346 | 52 | — | |
| 1888 | #356 | 45 | — | |
| 1887 | #302 | 50 | — | |
| 1886 | #318 | 43 | — | |
| 1885 | #306 | 43 | — | |
| 1884 | #290 | 44 | — | |
| 1883 | #287 | 38 | — | |
| 1882 | #271 | 41 | — | |
| 1881 | #257 | 39 | — | |
| 1880 | #219 | 49 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lina was already there! It came in at #219, and was given to 49 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1889, when fewer than 53 girls a year got the name.
Where Lina is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#610 · 1 in 4,510
- Texas#727 · 1 in 5,744
- New York#764 · 1 in 6,555
- Illinois#1,232 · 1 in 14,181
Best ever in a state: #122 in Rhode Island, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #610 | 34 | 1 in 4,510 |
| Texas | #727 | 18 | 1 in 5,744 |
| New York | #764 | 15 | 1 in 6,555 |
| Illinois | #1,232 | 5 | 1 in 14,181 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lina
- 7 spots since 2024 (#565 → #572)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#690 → #572)
- 277 spots since 2015 (#849 → #572)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1937 (#993 → #778)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1968 (#959 → #1,157)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #219 (49 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1941
- Highest: 1 in 1,857 girls born in 1880 were named Lina (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,050 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 17.7% of all girls named Lina (3,441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 444 | #219 (1880) | #295 |
| 1890s | 557 | #317 (1890) | #373 |
| 1900s | 527 | #395 (1907) | #471 |
| 1910s | 883 | #493 (1910) | #619 |
| 1920s | 1,014 | #667 (1921) | #726 |
| 1930s | 707 | #734 (1930) | #821 |
| 1940s | 655 | #871 (1948) | #1,010 |
| 1950s | 746 | #1,074 (1955) | #1,169 |
| 1960s | 909 | #959 (1967) | #1,144 |
| 1970s | 1,050 | #1,036 (1976) | #1,138 |
| 1980s | 1,373 | #966 (1980) | #1,076 |
| 1990s | 1,725 | #1,010 (1992) | #1,075 |
| 2000s | 2,516 | #887 (2004) | #974 |
| 2010s | 3,441 | #723 (2019) | #802 |
| 2020s | 2,942 | #565 (2024) | #611 |
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.
Lina in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 14,872 of them was named Lina, which outranked 89.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,202Shaunda104
- #1,202Tameika104
- #1,202Trena104
- #1,212Lina103
- #1,212Brigette103
- #1,212Cherry103
- #1,212Kourtney103
- #1,221Bonita102
- #1,221Cassidy102
- #1,221Chantal102
Tied with 8 names at #1,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.