Lina — #567 US girls' name
18,952 babies named Lina in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Lina was born in this single decade.
530 babies were named Lina in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lina
The Social Security Administration has registered 18,952 babies named Lina between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lina currently holds the #567 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 530 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,438 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,980 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lina in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lina 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 18,952 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.
Lina at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Lina popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 530
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #567 among girls.
18,952 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 530 births in a single year.
Lina popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1985 (Lina as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lina accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,438 births that decade — 18% of Lina's all-time total
Lina decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,438 births
- Runner-up 2,516 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lina's strongest decade
3,438 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Lina by state
Where Lina concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,980 | 15.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,846 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,786 | 9.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 759 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 601 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 576 | 3.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 530 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 429 | 2.3% |
2,980 of 18,952 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.7% of nationwide
- New York 9.7% of nationwide
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 37 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lina appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.