Linh
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Last seen for boys in 1995 at #5,501
- Given to girls 87.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,519since 1975
Linh 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 | #6,838 | 16 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,849 | 42 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #1,932 | 57 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #5,464 | 5 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Linh! It came in at #7,984, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Linh is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Linh in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Linh
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,129 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #6,838)
- 374 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #6,838)
- 2,093 spots since 2015 (#8,931 → #6,838)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1984 at #1,703 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 14 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 26,310
- Highest: 1 in 26,310 girls born in 1984 were named Linh (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 36.7% of all girls named Linh (558) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64 | #3,236 (1979) | #5,810 |
| 1980s | 558 | #1,703 (1984) | #1,989 |
| 1990s | 420 | #2,136 (1991) | #2,946 |
| 2000s | 218 | #4,527 (2000) | #5,800 |
| 2010s | 183 | #4,836 (2012) | #7,045 |
| 2020s | 76 | #6,838 (2025) | #8,812 |
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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