NameTides

Lina

Lina was the #572 girls' name in the US in 2025 (527 babies), and #234 in England & Wales and #126 in Canada.

Lina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUSIreland
Lina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#572 (527)#234 (200)#359 (9)—#718 (4)#126 (216)
2024#565 (534)#287 (156)#275 (13)—#320 (12)#165 (167)
2023#585 (513)#293 (150)#749 (3)—#445 (8)#165 (157)
2022#581 (514)#294 (152)#760 (3)#418 (3)#420 (9)#148 (184)
2021#670 (441)#365 (126)#652 (4)—#661 (5)#138 (204)
2020#690 (413)#402 (107)#399 (8)—#444 (8)#151 (174)
2019#723 (392)#349 (126)#560 (5)—#502 (7)#109 (234)
2018#754 (361)#467 (92)#449 (7)—#896 (3)#168 (174)
2017#750 (375)#574 (75)#501 (6)—#579 (6)#158 (190)
2016#847 (335)#553 (76)#798 (3)—#515 (7)#164 (188)
2015#849 (329)#609 (68)#455 (7)—#532 (7)#148 (202)
2014#768 (364)#541 (78)——#876 (3)#156 (203)
2013#850 (306)#519 (80)#663 (4)—#894 (3)#142 (214)
2012#773 (355)#639 (65)——#677 (5)#174 (186)
2011#852 (309)#525 (80)——#612 (6)#150 (206)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #219.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 690common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lina is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #359NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: #396ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #323NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #546TXFlorida: #404FL
Lina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5397
Ontario2024#22254

Lina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LinaCanadaGirls#126216
LinaEngland & WalesGirls#234200
LinaIrelandGirls#7184
LinaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LinaScotlandGirls#3599
LinaUSGirls#572527
LinaUSBoys—too few