Linh was the #6,838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies).
Linh as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
#6,838 (16)
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2024
#7,967 (13)
#3,016 (8)
#3,383 (5)
2023
#15,194 (5)
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2022
#8,032 (13)
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2021
#7,630 (14)
#3,961 (5)
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2020
#7,212 (15)
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2019
#8,597 (12)
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2018
#6,010 (20)
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2017
#7,840 (14)
#5,765 (3)
#3,307 (5)
2016
#7,230 (16)
#4,763 (4)
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2015
#8,931 (12)
#5,730 (3)
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2014
#5,025 (27)
#3,160 (7)
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2013
#6,255 (20)
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2012
#4,836 (29)
#4,171 (5)
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2011
#5,935 (22)
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#2,899 (6)
Linh as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1995
#5,501 (10)
1994
#6,968 (7)
1993
#8,700 (5)
1992
#5,660 (9)
1991
#3,462 (17)
1990
#5,382 (9)
1989
#5,165 (9)
1988
#3,915 (12)
1987
#3,959 (11)
1986
#3,882 (11)
1985
#4,333 (9)
1984
#2,232 (23)
1983
#3,071 (14)
1982
#2,596 (18)
1981
#2,138 (24)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1984 at #1,703.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1975.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
In 1995, 81% of US babies named Linh were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 100,000 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.
Next year
On its recent trend, Linh is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 130,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 400,000.