Linley
- #3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births
- Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,537
- Given to girls 95.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,662since 1952
Linley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Linley 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 | #3,167 | 50 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,857 | 58 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,288 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,119 | 89 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,532 | 69 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,446 | 75 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,412 | 75 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,187 | 85 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,298 | 50 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
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| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
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| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
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| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Linley! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1961, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Linley 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 · girls
- Mississippi#341 · 1 in 1,113
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
Best ever in a state: #304 in Mississippi, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 310 spots since 2024 (#2,857 → #3,167)
- 570 spots since 2020 (#2,597 → #3,167)
- 931 spots since 2015 (#2,236 → #3,167)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 2021 at #2,119 (89 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 18,437
- Highest: 1 in 18,437 girls born in 2021 were named Linley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 42.2% of all girls named Linley (702) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,563 (1952) | #5,563 |
| 1960s | 19 | #5,293 (1962) | #5,953 |
| 1970s | 30 | #7,567 (1977) | #8,450 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,489 (1988) | #6,299 |
| 1990s | 105 | #4,694 (1990) | #8,755 |
| 2000s | 241 | #3,298 (2009) | #5,563 |
| 2010s | 702 | #2,187 (2013) | #2,575 |
| 2020s | 421 | #2,119 (2021) | #2,562 |
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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