Girls' name · since 2000
Linah
100 babies named Linah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,529 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
100 babies have been named Linah since 2000, making it today's #12529 girls' name.
Linah has 100 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12529 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #27,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,529 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 100 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linah ranks #27,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,529 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 100 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,529 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Linah's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Linah compares
100 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Linah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Linah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 100 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Linah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Linah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Linah's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Linah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Linah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Linah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Linah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.