Girls' name · since 1979
Linsy
Linsy has 299 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,935 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,416 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Linsy currently ranks #15416 among girls' names in America, with 299 babies recorded since 1979.
Linsy has 299 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15416 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #15,935 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,416 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 299 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linsy ranks #15,935 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,416 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 299 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,935 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,416 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Linsy's 299 recorded births place it above 77.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Linsy compares
299 45th 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
Linsy's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Linsy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 299 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Linsy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Linsy splits its recorded history at 2003: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Linsy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Linsy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Linsy's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Linsy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (25% of all-time use).
Linsy by state
Where Linsy concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 299 births nationwide.
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What to do with Linsy's data
- Linsy's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Linsys (5 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 Linsy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Linsy 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.