Ling
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Last seen for boys in 1991 at #6,519
- Given to girls 91.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 197since 1977
Ling over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
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| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
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| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
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| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
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| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Ling! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ling is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ling in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ling
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1981 at #5,254 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 1 yr 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 128,312
- Highest: 1 in 128,312 girls born in 1981 were named Ling (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 38.1% of all girls named Ling (75) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #9,652 (1977) | #9,701 |
| 1980s | 75 | #5,254 (1981) | #8,421 |
| 1990s | 42 | #7,880 (1990) | #11,097 |
| 2000s | 33 | #9,874 (2000) | #11,445 |
| 2010s | 30 | #10,451 (2010) | #12,661 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,161 (2024) | #12,161 |
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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