Linzy — #15702 US unisex name
966 babies named Linzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Linzy was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Linzy in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Linzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 966 babies named Linzy between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linzy currently holds the #15702 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 44 babies received it in a single year. Linzy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 565 additional births since 1883.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Linzy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Linzy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Linzy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Linzy 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 966 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.
Linzy at a glance
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Current rank
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Linzy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1990)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #15702 among girls.
966 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 44 births in a single year.
Linzy popularity over time — boys
565 total births recorded since 1883 (Linzy as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Linzy accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Linzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 323 births that decade — 33% of Linzy's all-time total
Linzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 323 births
- Runner-up 257 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Linzy's strongest decade
323 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Linzy by state
Where Linzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.6% |
31 of 966 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1975–2024 (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.