Lin — #13551 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Lin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,027 babies named Lin between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lin currently holds the #13551 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Lin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 863 additional births since 1898.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lin performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,027 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.