How Many People Are Named Linh?
people named Linh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 202,599 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,732 babies named Linh in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Sino-Vietnamese 靈 (linh) meaning "spirit, soul".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Linh in English. Counting Linh and these spellings together, about 2,198 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Linh, 88.1% were girls and 11.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Linh rose from 79.9% in the 1980s to 100% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Linh alive today is about 31 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Linh first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1984, to 87 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Linh has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,714, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #7,006. Among boys, its best rank was #2,171, in 1981.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,006 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,714 (1984) | #2,171 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,001 in the 1980s | #3,309 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Linh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Linh were born in California than in any other state: about 419 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Linh was given 5 times as often in California and 2.8 times in Texas.
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