Girls' name · since 1988
Linlee
Linlee has 164 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Linlee is the #8066 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 164 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Linlee recorded 164 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #8066 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, 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 1988 to 2025.
- #21,850 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,066 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 164 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linlee ranks #21,850 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,066 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 164 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 164
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Linlee's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Linlee compares
164 33rd 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
Linlee's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Linlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 164 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Linlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Linlee splits its recorded history at 2015: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Linlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Linlee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Linlee's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Linlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Linlee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- 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 Linlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Linlee 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.