Girls' name · since 1998
Linaya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 64 babies named Linaya, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Linaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Linaya recorded 64 times among girls since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2019.
- #32,149 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linaya ranks #32,149 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Linaya's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Linaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Linaya's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Linaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2019
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Linaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Linaya's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Linaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 1998–2019 (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 Linaya 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.