Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Link” in the USA?

Number of people named “Link” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Link” 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 “Link” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Link” by birth year

This chart shows how “Link” 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
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 -100%
1949 15 0.000004304 15 -100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 -100%
1952 11 0.000002896 11 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1957 11 0.000002618 11 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 16 0.000003863 16 -100%
1962 13 0.000003222 13 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 38 0.000009775 38 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 -100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 -100%
1974 12 0.000003947 12 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 -100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 -100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 -100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 -100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 -100%
2007 28 0.000007004 28 -100%
2008 31 0.000007887 31 -100%
2009 28 0.00000733 28 -100%
2010 31 0.000008388 31 -100%
2011 36 0.000009842 36 -100%
2012 52 0.000014218 52 -100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 -100%
2014 95 0.000025632 95 -100%
2015 134 0.000036207 134 -100%
2016 146 0.000039796 146 -100%
2017 135 0.00003775 135 -100%
2018 158 0.000044939 158 -100%
2019 151 0.000043504 151 -100%
2020 171 0.000051189 171 -100%
2021 156 0.000046046 156 -100%
2022 204 0.000060299 204 -100%
2023 146 0.000044093 146 -100%
2024 130 0.000039057 130 -100%

Explore other names

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