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

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Peak · girls
1880 · 49 births
Debut · girls
49 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,489
since 1880

Lina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lina has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #219, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#572527
2024#565534
2023#585513
2022#581514
2021#670441
2020#690413
2019#723392
2018#754361
2017#750375
2016#847335
2015#849329
2014#768364
2013#850306
2012#773355
2011#852309
2010#851315
2009#953280
2008#916299
2007#964279
2006#984264
2005#979250
2004#887274
2003#939251
2002#984224
2001#997215
2000#1,134180
1999#1,028198
1998#1,167161
1997#1,013190
1996#1,046177
1995#1,090163
1994#1,105162
1993#1,110162
1992#1,010186
1991#1,051173
1990#1,130153
1989#1,111149
1988#1,118137
1987#1,016152
1986#1,065141
1985#1,158123#6,5235
1984#1,103125
1983#1,071129
1982#1,083131
1981#1,064133
1980#966153
1979#1,113122
1978#1,212103
1977#1,102117
1976#1,036119
1975#1,083108
1974#1,124103
1973#1,14396
1972#1,15594
1971#1,22891
1970#1,18297
1969#1,10999
1968#1,15787
1967#959113
1966#1,08793
1965#1,05599
1964#1,21183
1963#1,003113
1962#1,39563
1961#1,22481
1960#1,23678
1959#1,11093
1958#1,12988
1957#1,17082
1956#1,16979
1955#1,07488
1954#1,39252
1953#1,15570
1952#1,23659
1951#1,10970
1950#1,14565
1949#1,03874
1948#871100
1947#1,03873
1946#1,12157
1945#1,08053
1944#1,06254
1943#96567
1942#1,07653
1941#93462
1940#91262
1939#87864
1938#85169
1937#77877
1936#99348
1935#81370
1934#79471
1933#76973
1932#81670
1931#78474
1930#73491
1929#695101
1928#83175
1927#76689
1926#76390
1925#721104
1924#693115
1923#73598
1922#701109
1921#667122
1920#690111
1919#695102
1918#708104
1917#635115
1916#679101
1915#66499
1914#59591
1913#58776
1912#60366
1911#53561
1910#49368
1909#49657
1908#52748
1907#39580
1906#48650
1905#51044
1904#50043
1903#47046
1902#50939
1901#39755
1900#41765
1899#40252
1898#46544
1897#39753
1896#35866
1895#35761
1894#37057
1893#37951
1892#33860
1891#35150
1890#31763
1889#34652
1888#35645
1887#30250
1886#31843
1885#30643
1884#29044
1883#28738
1882#27141
1881#25739
1880#21949
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Lina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #219 (49 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,857
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.7% of all girls named Lina (3,441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s444#219 (1880)#295
1890s557#317 (1890)#373
1900s527#395 (1907)#471
1910s883#493 (1910)#619
1920s1,014#667 (1921)#726
1930s707#734 (1930)#821
1940s655#871 (1948)#1,010
1950s746#1,074 (1955)#1,169
1960s909#959 (1967)#1,144
1970s1,050#1,036 (1976)#1,138
1980s1,373#966 (1980)#1,076
1990s1,725#1,010 (1992)#1,075
2000s2,516#887 (2004)#974
2010s3,441#723 (2019)#802
2020s2,942#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 1918

girls
#708
104 births · 1 in 11,131 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #708Lina104
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 11,131 of them was named Lina, which outranked 87.3% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lina
  1. #702Mozell105
  2. #702Sabina105
  3. #702Theo105
  4. #708Lina104
  5. #708Georgina104
  6. #708Sonia104
  7. #711Alverta103
  8. #711Bess103
  9. #711Jettie103

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918