How rare is the name Linh?

13,392 people in the United States have the first name Linh, about 1 in 22,553. It ranks #2,039 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LINH

#2,039

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,392
About
1 in 22,553
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,392 people named Linh, 97.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.2% as two or more races and 1% as White. 80.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Linh peaked in 1984, when 87 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
87
In 2025*
16 ▼82%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 1,732 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Linh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,753. The largest share of babies named Linh, 59.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#9,38480
1980s#2,753698
1990s#4,394477
2000s#9,501218
2010s#11,306183
2020s#13,91876
Generation X 1965–807.4%
Millennials 1981–9659.3%
Generation Z 1997–1221.9%
2013 and later11.4%

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.

Either side of Linh

#2,037 Thea · 13,402#2,038 Belen · 13,397#2,040 Rusty · 13,378#2,041 Dayana · 13,375

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,283 Lina · 28,814#2,351 Lin · 10,717#3,411 Lino · 6,157#7,747 Linn · 1,936#20,672 Line · 498#46,679 Lini · 142

Also a last name

As a last name, Linh ranks #76,478 of 156,621, with 271 people. See Linh as a last name

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