How rare is the name Lien?

8,235 people in the United States have the first name Lien, about 1 in 36,677. It ranks #2,807 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LIEN

#2,807

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,235
About
1 in 36,677
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,235 people named Lien, 94.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as two or more races. 94.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lien peaked in 1982, when 34 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752022
Peak year
1982
Births that year
34
In 2022
5 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 525 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Lien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,608. The largest share of babies named Lien, 63.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#11,73652
1980s#5,608242
1990s#10,262142
2000s#22,86354
2010s#31,65225
2020s#33,74410
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9663.6%
Generation Z 1997–1219.4%
2013 and later4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Lien

1 other first name also has 8,235 people.

#2,807 Niki · 8,235

Either side of Lien

#2,805 Jamey · 8,254#2,806 Vinh · 8,249#2,807 Niki · 8,235#2,809 Kirstin · 8,232

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lien, most common first.

#2,351 Lin · 10,717#3,491 Lian · 5,941#6,520 Liem · 2,451#7,747 Linn · 1,936#15,863 Liwen · 719#20,187 Lion · 514

Also a last name

As a last name, Lien ranks #5,051 of 156,621, with 6,733 people. See Lien as a last name

Compare