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Linh

#7,006 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Spirit, soul

Linh has been given to 1,732 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #7,006 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1984, with 64 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.

Babies named Linh, 2025

1 in 207,000

Linh over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Linh over time

In 2025, Linh went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Linh: meaning, origin, and history

Spirit, soul

Chinese

What Linh means

Linh means “spirit, soul”.

Origin, language, and formation

Linh is used in Vietnamese. Its origins include Chinese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Vietnamese, Linh is pronounced [lïŋ˧˧].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,519 girls were recorded with the name Linh between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 64 in 1984; its best national rank was #1,714 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,418 in 2020 to #7,006 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,271 in 2015 to #7,006 in 2025.

In the United States, 213 boys were recorded with the name Linh between 1975 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1981; its best national rank was #2,171 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Linh?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,006
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Linh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Linh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Linhs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Linh was born before 1992 — so the typical Linh is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
36.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,519
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 36.7% of all recorded uses (558).

Is Linh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,226
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+412
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,265
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.0%
Peak was 1984 (64)
Years since peak
41
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
40.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,714
1984

Spellings of Linh

Linh is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 32.4% against Linh's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Linh is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Linh was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 64,469 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in —
  5. 5Minnesota1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Linh has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Linh is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Linh was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 341,818 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Linh has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Linh around the world

Where Linh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #3,016
    in 2024
  • France
    1990–2025
    #2,631
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–2008
    #533
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Linh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,006
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 412
Best rank ever
#1,714
1984
Peak year
1984
64 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,519
Count in 2025
16

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,171
1981
Peak year
1981
24 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
213
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Linh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Linh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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