Lino — #2153 US boys' name
4,130 babies named Lino in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
14% of everyone ever named Lino was born in this single decade.
70 babies were named Lino in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lino
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,130 babies named Lino between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lino currently holds the #2153 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 70 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lino performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 593 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Lino shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,055 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lino in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lino in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,130 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lino at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lino popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (2003)
- 70
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #2153 among boys.
4,130 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 70 births in a single year.
Lino popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2015 (Lino as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lino accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lino by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 593 births that decade — 14% of Lino's all-time total
Lino decade highlights
- Peak decade 593 births
- Runner-up 504 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lino's strongest decade
593 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Lino by state
Where Lino concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,055 | 25.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,012 | 24.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 117 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 43 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 26 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.1% |
1,055 of 4,130 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 25.5% of nationwide
- Texas 24.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.