Link
- #1,571 for boys in 2025, 108 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,689since 1893
Link over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Link has never cracked the top 900 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,571 | 108 |
| 2024 | #1,418 | 130 |
| 2023 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #1,073 | 204 |
| 2021 | #1,230 | 156 |
| 2020 | #1,142 | 171 |
| 2019 | #1,244 | 151 |
| 2018 | #1,195 | 158 |
| 2017 | #1,332 | 135 |
| 2016 | #1,254 | 146 |
| 2015 | #1,317 | 134 |
| 2014 | #1,627 | 95 |
| 2013 | #1,915 | 73 |
| 2012 | #2,415 | 52 |
| 2011 | #3,114 | 36 |
| 2010 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #1,263 | 38 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
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| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1893
The first year at least five boys were named Link! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Link is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#561 · 1 in 2,809
- Virginia#971 · 1 in 6,209
- Washington#999 · 1 in 6,560
- Ohio#1,015 · 1 in 7,505
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 10,452
Best ever in a state: #354 in Idaho, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #561 | 7 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| California | #1,508 | 11 | 1 in 15,952 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Link
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 429 spots since 2020 (#1,142 → #1,571)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1893 at #907 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,559
- Highest: 1 in 8,559 boys born in 2022 were named Link (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,816 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #907 in 1893, was only 1 in 18,720 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 37.6% of all boys named Link (1,011) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #907 (1893) | #907 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,683 |
| 1920s | 49 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,496 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,386 |
| 1940s | 40 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,888 |
| 1950s | 73 | #2,376 (1952) | #3,068 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,263 (1964) | #2,525 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,794 (1970) | #3,025 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,509 (1981) | #6,275 |
| 1990s | 33 | #6,968 (1994) | #8,370 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,486 (2008) | #5,785 |
| 2010s | 1,011 | #1,195 (2018) | #1,887 |
| 2020s | 916 | #1,073 (2022) | #1,289 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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