NameTides

Link

Link was the #1,571 boys' name in the US in 2025 (108 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Link as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Link as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Link as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,571 (108)#2,664 (8)#1,443 (16)
2024#1,418 (130)#2,089 (11)#1,432 (15)
2023#1,300 (147)#2,008 (11)#1,342 (15)
2022#1,073 (204)#2,530 (8)#917 (26)
2021#1,230 (156)#1,688 (14)#974 (24)
2020#1,142 (171)#1,723 (13)#999 (22)
2019#1,244 (151)#3,411 (5)#995 (22)
2018#1,195 (158)#2,445 (8)#1,279 (15)
2017#1,332 (135)#2,052 (11)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,254 (146)#2,175 (10)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,317 (134)#2,483 (8)#1,681 (10)
2014#1,627 (95)—#1,565 (11)
2013#1,915 (73)#2,954 (6)#1,551 (11)
2012#2,415 (52)——
2011#3,114 (36)—#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,073.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Link is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Link by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: #561UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Link (boys) 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
Ontario2024#1,1239

Link (boys): 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
LinkCanadaBoys#1,44316
LinkEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
LinkNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LinkUSBoys#1,571108