Meaning not yet researched.
Lina: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 527 in 2025. Its best rank was #221 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #221 in 1880; #572 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lina in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#572 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #221.
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Lina: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 527 girls in 2025. Peak: #221 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 534 (2024).
In 2025, 527 US girls were named Lina, making it the 572nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 7 places from #565 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 534 girls named Lina in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #221, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 534, in 2024. For comparison, it was #851 in 2015 and #1,151 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lina in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 49 babies with the name. In all, 19,494 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,441 babies named Lina.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,405 US girls were named Lina; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 534. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,050 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lina ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #276 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Linda (1,458,899 babies since 1880), Mila (84,577 babies since 1880), Liana (20,666 babies since 1880) and Elina (6,193 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Linea are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, German, Italian, Romanian, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Linea (165).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lina in the open dataset we use.
Lina is listed as a nickname for Angelina, Paula, Paulina.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 12 | #276 | #547 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | #296 | #546 |
| New Jersey | 25 | #332 | #397 |
| Virginia | 24 | #340 | #450 |
| New York | 47 | #363 | #519 |
| Florida | 46 | #410 | #701 |
| Oregon | 9 | #414 | — |
| Illinois | 25 | #428 | #1,125 |
| California | 74 | #454 | #585 |
| Maryland | 10 | #532 | #679 |
| Texas | 58 | #549 | #1,002 |
| Washington | 12 | #563 | #1,220 |
| North Carolina | 17 | #626 | #1,182 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #656 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #672 | #699 |
| Colorado | 8 | #673 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #674 | — |
| Ohio | 14 | #695 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #777 | — |
| Arizona | 8 | #788 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #858 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #860 | — |
| Georgia | 11 | #893 | #1,668 |
| Michigan | 8 | #917 | #966 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #932 | — |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,138 | #908 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 527 | #572 | — | — |
| 2024 | 534 | #565 | — | — |
| 2023 | 513 | #585 | — | — |
| 2022 | 514 | #582 | — | — |
| 2021 | 441 | #670 | — | — |
| 2020 | 413 | #690 | — | — |
| 2019 | 392 | #723 | — | — |
| 2018 | 361 | #754 | — | — |
| 2017 | 375 | #750 | — | — |
| 2016 | 335 | #847 | — | — |
| 2015 | 329 | #851 | — | — |
| 2014 | 364 | #770 | — | — |
| 2013 | 306 | #851 | — | — |
| 2012 | 355 | #775 | — | — |
| 2011 | 309 | #855 | — | — |
| 2010 | 315 | #855 | — | — |
| 2009 | 280 | #955 | — | — |
| 2008 | 299 | #916 | — | — |
| 2007 | 279 | #965 | — | — |
| 2006 | 264 | #985 | — | — |
| 2005 | 250 | #981 | — | — |
| 2004 | 274 | #888 | — | — |
| 2003 | 251 | #940 | — | — |
| 2002 | 224 | #984 | — | — |
| 2001 | 215 | #997 | — | — |
| 2000 | 180 | #1,136 | — | — |
| 1999 | 198 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,015 | — | — |
| 1996 | 177 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1995 | 163 | #1,094 | — | — |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1993 | 162 | #1,111 | — | — |
| 1992 | 186 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1991 | 173 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1990 | 153 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1989 | 149 | #1,117 | — | — |
| 1988 | 137 | #1,123 | — | — |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,070 | — | — |
| 1985 | 123 | #1,161 | 5 | #7,154 |
| 1984 | 125 | #1,107 | — | — |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 1981 | 133 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1980 | 153 | #970 | — | — |
| 1979 | 122 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 1978 | 103 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1975 | 108 | #1,087 | — | — |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,129 | — | — |
| 1973 | 96 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1972 | 94 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1970 | 97 | #1,188 | — | — |
| 1969 | 99 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1968 | 87 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1967 | 113 | #962 | — | — |
| 1966 | 93 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1965 | 99 | #1,057 | — | — |
| 1964 | 83 | #1,217 | — | — |
| 1963 | 113 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 1961 | 81 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1960 | 78 | #1,243 | — | — |
| 1959 | 93 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1958 | 88 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1957 | 82 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1952 | 59 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1951 | 70 | #1,111 | — | — |
| 1950 | 65 | #1,151 | — | — |
| 1949 | 74 | #1,045 | — | — |
| 1948 | 100 | #874 | — | — |
| 1947 | 73 | #1,045 | — | — |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,125 | — | — |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1943 | 67 | #973 | — | — |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,082 | — | — |
| 1941 | 62 | #937 | — | — |
| 1940 | 62 | #913 | — | — |
| 1939 | 64 | #880 | — | — |
| 1938 | 69 | #853 | — | — |
| 1937 | 77 | #782 | — | — |
| 1936 | 48 | #997 | — | — |
| 1935 | 70 | #819 | — | — |
| 1934 | 71 | #801 | — | — |
| 1933 | 73 | #776 | — | — |
| 1932 | 70 | #820 | — | — |
| 1931 | 74 | #790 | — | — |
| 1930 | 91 | #736 | — | — |
| 1929 | 101 | #697 | — | — |
| 1928 | 75 | #834 | — | — |
| 1927 | 89 | #769 | — | — |
| 1926 | 90 | #764 | — | — |
| 1925 | 104 | #724 | — | — |
| 1924 | 115 | #693 | — | — |
| 1923 | 98 | #738 | — | — |
| 1922 | 109 | #702 | — | — |
| 1921 | 122 | #670 | — | — |
| 1920 | 111 | #691 | — | — |
| 1919 | 102 | #698 | — | — |
| 1918 | 104 | #709 | — | — |
| 1917 | 115 | #635 | — | — |
| 1916 | 101 | #681 | — | — |
| 1915 | 99 | #665 | — | — |
| 1914 | 91 | #597 | — | — |
| 1913 | 76 | #592 | — | — |
| 1912 | 66 | #606 | — | — |
| 1911 | 61 | #538 | — | — |
| 1910 | 68 | #494 | — | — |
| 1909 | 57 | #497 | — | — |
| 1908 | 48 | #530 | — | — |
| 1907 | 80 | #397 | — | — |
| 1906 | 50 | #489 | — | — |
| 1905 | 44 | #516 | — | — |
| 1904 | 43 | #504 | — | — |
| 1903 | 46 | #472 | — | — |
| 1902 | 39 | #513 | — | — |
| 1901 | 55 | #399 | — | — |
| 1900 | 65 | #421 | — | — |
| 1899 | 52 | #407 | — | — |
| 1898 | 44 | #470 | — | — |
| 1897 | 53 | #401 | — | — |
| 1896 | 66 | #359 | — | — |
| 1895 | 61 | #361 | — | — |
| 1894 | 57 | #370 | — | — |
| 1893 | 51 | #381 | — | — |
| 1892 | 60 | #340 | — | — |
| 1891 | 50 | #352 | — | — |
| 1890 | 63 | #321 | — | — |
| 1889 | 52 | #347 | — | — |
| 1888 | 45 | #360 | — | — |
| 1887 | 50 | #303 | — | — |
| 1886 | 43 | #322 | — | — |
| 1885 | 43 | #310 | — | — |
| 1884 | 44 | #290 | — | — |
| 1883 | 38 | #289 | — | — |
| 1882 | 41 | #272 | — | — |
| 1881 | 39 | #260 | — | — |
| 1880 | 49 | #221 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).