Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lin” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lin” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lin” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lin” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lin” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lin” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 5 6 -9%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 -100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 5 10 -33%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 7 5 17%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 6 7 -8%
1940 20 0.000008686 10 10 0%
1941 21 0.000008619 12 9 14%
1942 26 0.000009517 9 17 -31%
1943 27 0.000009566 8 19 -41%
1944 27 0.000010037 12 15 -11%
1945 23 0.00000867 7 16 -39%
1946 27 0.00000845 13 14 -4%
1947 38 0.000010549 19 19 0%
1948 42 0.000012165 23 19 10%
1949 35 0.000010044 20 15 14%
1950 37 0.000010561 20 17 8%
1951 43 0.000011673 23 20 7%
1952 53 0.000013955 35 18 32%
1953 54 0.000014013 27 27 0%
1954 45 0.000011305 28 17 24%
1955 51 0.000012702 31 20 22%
1956 43 0.000010429 19 24 -12%
1957 50 0.000011899 34 16 36%
1958 39 0.000009434 21 18 8%
1959 59 0.00001419 31 28 5%
1960 51 0.000012278 35 16 37%
1961 36 0.000008691 15 21 -17%
1962 40 0.000009912 22 18 10%
1963 36 0.000009095 21 15 17%
1964 27 0.000006945 15 12 11%
1965 20 0.000005517 11 9 10%
1966 29 0.000008344 14 15 -3%
1967 24 0.000007069 12 12 0%
1968 24 0.000007104 11 13 -8%
1969 21 0.000006043 10 11 -5%
1970 12 0.000003327 6 6 0%
1971 15 0.00000437 9 6 20%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 6 7 -8%
1974 12 0.000003947 5 7 -17%
1975 12 0.000003974 6 6 0%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1980 20 0.000005806 15 5 50%
1981 12 0.000003469 7 5 17%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 100%
1985 16 0.000004483 11 5 38%
1986 15 0.000004217 9 6 20%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1988 12 0.000003248 7 5 17%
1989 11 0.000002861 6 5 9%
1990 14 0.000003542 6 8 -14%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 100%
2001 18 0.000004808 12 6 33%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 100%
2004 22 0.000005758 16 6 45%
2005 16 0.000004161 16 100%
2006 15 0.000003792 9 6 20%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 5 8 -23%
2009 16 0.000004188 10 6 25%
2010 17 0.0000046 8 9 -6%
2011 13 0.000003554 5 8 -23%
2012 15 0.000004101 10 5 33%
2013 14 0.00000384 7 7 0%
2014 17 0.000004587 12 5 41%
2015 12 0.000003242 6 6 0%
2016 14 0.000003816 9 5 29%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 13 0.000003837 7 6 8%
2022 15 0.000004434 10 5 33%
2023 14 0.000004228 5 9 -29%
2024 11 0.000003305 6 5 9%

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