Unisex name · since 1975
Linzy
Linzy has 974 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 974
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
974 babies have been named Linzy since 1975, making it today's #11182 unisex name.
Linzy has 974 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11182 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #7,657 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,182 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 974 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Linzy ranks #7,657 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,182 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 974 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 974
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Linzy's 974 recorded births place it above 89.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Linzy compares
974 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Linzy's all-time total is 159% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Linzy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 974 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Linzy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Linzy's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 44, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Linzy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Linzy popularity over time - boys
565 total births recorded since 1883 (Linzy as boys' name)
Linzy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (323 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Linzy's strongest decade.
323 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Linzy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
210 births
- 1990s
1990s
323 births
- 2000s
2000s
257 births
- 2010s 113
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 323 births (33% of all-time use).
How Linzy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Linzy's total volume
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 974 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Linzy's data
- Linzy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (323 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Linzys (31 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 Linzy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Linzy 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.