Feminine dossier · first seen 1917

Lin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1917Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

82.9%

2024

All-time

1,027

Lin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1952, when 35 girls were named Lin.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 82.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,027 Americans have been named Lin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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