Lino
Lino was given to 57 boys in 2025, #2,411 among boys’ names; 4,194 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,190 Americans named Lino and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 17 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lino by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lino mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Lino is “a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Linus”
From the name of the second pope, Latin Linus, Ancient Greek Λῖνος (Lînos), of uncertain meaning.
/ˈli.no/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lino?
#2,411 among boys’ names, 2025
Lino rose from #2,945 in 2015 to #2,411 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 20.9 to 33.4 per million.
70 babies in 2003, the peak
Lino peaked in 2003, when 70 boys were given it, #1,743 among boys’ names. The 57 births of 2025 are 81% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,411 | 33.4 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,162 | 39.5 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,334 | 35.1 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,543 | 30.9 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,892 | 24.6 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,639 | 27.8 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,788 | 25.1 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,730 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,866 | 22.7 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,647 | 24.8 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #2,945 | 20.9 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,833 | 21.9 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,161 | 18.5 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,372 | 28.5 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,494 | 26.3 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,495 | 26.1 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,337 | 28.2 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,419 | 26.0 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,083 | 31.8 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,050 | 31.6 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,023 | 31.0 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,062 | 29.2 |
| 2003 | 70 | #1,743 | 35.4 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,800 | 33.0 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,922 | 29.3 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,312 | 21.4 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,083 | 24.0 |
| 1998 | 54 | #1,838 | 28.3 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,943 | 24.9 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,590 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,764 | 26.3 |
| 1994 | 56 | #1,632 | 29.0 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,982 | 20.9 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,625 | 27.0 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,683 | 24.3 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,763 | 21.9 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,361 | 32.5 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,068 | 16.2 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,415 | 27.9 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,818 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,404 | 26.5 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,647 | 19.9 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,439 | 24.5 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,578 | 21.5 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,366 | 26.8 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,483 | 23.5 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,692 | 19.7 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,678 | 20.1 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,484 | 23.7 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,386 | 26.8 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,580 | 21.1 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,678 | 18.4 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,390 | 23.7 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,432 | 22.2 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,228 | 26.0 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,447 | 18.3 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,405 | 18.5 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,332 | 19.6 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,464 | 16.1 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,118 | 24.7 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,309 | 18.8 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,600 | 12.5 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,143 | 22.6 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,195 | 20.8 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,362 | 16.5 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,311 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,220 | 19.2 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,623 | 11.3 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,565 | 12.1 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,522 | 12.8 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,263 | 17.5 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,484 | 13.2 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,347 | 16.2 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,218 | 19.0 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,944 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,412 | 15.1 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,598 | 12.4 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,990 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,629 | 12.0 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,398 | 16.0 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,475 | 15.6 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,461 | 16.1 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,741 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,566 | 15.2 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,564 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,947 | 12.1 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,688 | 15.4 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,786 | 14.4 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,474 | 20.6 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,348 | 24.1 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,474 | 21.1 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,824 | 15.5 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,267 | 28.2 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,756 | 17.2 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,444 | 23.1 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,358 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 30 | #1,307 | 27.9 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,589 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,341 | 27.5 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,287 | 28.8 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,380 | 26.0 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,473 | 23.8 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,168 | 34.7 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,458 | 24.8 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,246 | 31.8 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,575 | 22.5 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,514 | 24.5 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,868 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,366 | 13.0 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,211 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,845 | 18.9 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,373 | 30.5 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,232 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,829 | 20.9 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,518 | 30.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,316 | 39.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lino a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lino has been given almost only to boys: 6 girls in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lino: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lino, and how old are they?
3,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 4,194 Americans ever recorded as Lino. The median Lino alive today is 31 years old; half are between 17 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 6,157 people named Lino (80 women and girls, 6,077 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,020 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 69 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 382 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 511 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 718 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 879 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 627 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lino born?
The states with the most babies named Lino are California, Texas and New York, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15 | #1,277 | 2.5× |
| Texas | 8 | #2,015 | 3.1× |
| New York | 7 | #1,505 | 0.4× |
Where Lino is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lino is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lino with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lino
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lino and names like it
- Compare Lino and MarcelinoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sLino peaked in 2003.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lino since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Lino: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2003The year the most babies were named Lino.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lino alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.