Girls' name · since 1980
Lincy
Lincy has 210 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lincy is the #12241 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 210 recorded since 1980.
Lincy has 210 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12241 as of the latest data, more common than 29% 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 1980 to 2025.
- #19,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,241 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lincy ranks #19,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,241 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 210 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lincy's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lincy compares
210 38th 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
Lincy's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lincy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lincy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lincy's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lincy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Lincy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (112 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Lincy's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Lincy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 112 births (53% of all-time use).
Lincy by state
Where Lincy concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.9% |
6 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lincy's data
- Lincy's decade-level peak was the 2010s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lincys (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lincy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Lincy 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.