Lina
Lina was given to 527 girls in 2025, #572 among girls’ names; 19,494 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,800 Americans named Lina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 9 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lina is “a female given name, occasionally used in English.”
Short form of any female name ending in -lina, such as Angelina, Carolina, Evelina. It can also be construed as a rare feminine form of Linus.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lina?
#572 among girls’ names, 2025
Lina rose from #851 in 2015 to #572 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.18 to 0.33 per 1,000.
534 babies in 2024, the peak
Lina peaked in 2024, when 534 girls were given it, #565 among girls’ names. The 527 births of 2025 are 99% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 527 | #572 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 534 | #565 | 0.33 |
| 2023 | 513 | #585 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 514 | #582 | 0.31 |
| 2021 | 441 | #670 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 413 | #690 | 0.26 |
| 2019 | 392 | #723 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 361 | #754 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 375 | #750 | 0.22 |
| 2016 | 335 | #847 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 329 | #851 | 0.18 |
| 2014 | 364 | #770 | 0.20 |
| 2013 | 306 | #851 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 355 | #775 | 0.20 |
| 2011 | 309 | #855 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 315 | #855 | 0.18 |
| 2009 | 280 | #955 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 299 | #916 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 279 | #965 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 264 | #985 | 0.14 |
| 2005 | 250 | #981 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 274 | #888 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 251 | #940 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 224 | #983 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 215 | #996 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 180 | #1,134 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 198 | #1,030 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,168 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,014 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 177 | #1,045 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 163 | #1,091 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,107 | 0.09 |
| 1993 | 162 | #1,109 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 186 | #1,010 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 173 | #1,051 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 153 | #1,131 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 149 | #1,114 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 137 | #1,122 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,020 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,070 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 123 | #1,161 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 125 | #1,107 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,076 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,086 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 133 | #1,064 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 153 | #970 | 0.09 |
| 1979 | 122 | #1,114 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,215 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,104 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,040 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 108 | #1,087 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,129 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 96 | #1,148 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 94 | #1,156 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,234 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 97 | #1,188 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 99 | #1,115 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 87 | #1,162 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 113 | #962 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 93 | #1,093 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 99 | #1,057 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 83 | #1,217 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 113 | #1,004 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 81 | #1,227 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 78 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 93 | #1,111 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 88 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 82 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,172 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,077 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 59 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 70 | #1,110 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 65 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 74 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 100 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 73 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 67 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 62 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 62 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 64 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 69 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 77 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 48 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 70 | #819 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 71 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 73 | #776 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 70 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 74 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 91 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 101 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 75 | #834 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 89 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 90 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 104 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 115 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 98 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 109 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 122 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 111 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 102 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 104 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 115 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 101 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 99 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 91 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 76 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 66 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 61 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1910 | 68 | #494 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 57 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 48 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 80 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 50 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 44 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1904 | 43 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 46 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 39 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 55 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 65 | #421 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 52 | #407 | 0.22 |
| 1898 | 44 | #470 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 53 | #401 | 0.23 |
| 1896 | 66 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1895 | 61 | #361 | 0.26 |
| 1894 | 57 | #370 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 51 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1892 | 60 | #340 | 0.28 |
| 1891 | 50 | #352 | 0.27 |
| 1890 | 63 | #321 | 0.33 |
| 1889 | 52 | #347 | 0.29 |
| 1888 | 45 | #360 | 0.25 |
| 1887 | 50 | #303 | 0.34 |
| 1886 | 43 | #322 | 0.30 |
| 1885 | 43 | #310 | 0.32 |
| 1884 | 44 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1883 | 38 | #289 | 0.34 |
| 1882 | 41 | #272 | 0.38 |
| 1881 | 39 | #260 | 0.42 |
| 1880 | 49 | #221 | 0.54 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lina has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lina, and how old are they?
14,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 19,494 Americans ever recorded as Lina. The median Lina alive today is 20 years old; half are between 9 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 28,814 people named Lina (28,741 women and girls, 73 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 12,394 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 336 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,150 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,580 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,370 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lina born?
The states with the most babies named Lina are California, Texas and New York, with 37% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 74 | #454 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 58 | #549 | 1.2× |
| New York | 47 | #363 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 46 | #410 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 25 | #428 | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 25 | #332 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 24 | #340 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #296 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 17 | #626 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #672 | 0.4× |
Where Lina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lina is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 65,109 babies since 1880, Lina is the second most given (30% of them). In 2025 it was given to 527 of their 1,952 babies (27%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lina and names like it
- Compare Lina and LianaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLina peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lina since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Lina.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lina alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.