Lien
Girl · LYEN · Vietnamese
Lien is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “lotus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lien mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Lien, written without the tone mark
“lotus”
Vietnamese Lien, usually written Liên, means lotus, a flower that symbolises purity.
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Is Lien a girl's or a boy's name?
Lien is a girls' name.
How popular is Lien in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Lien in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lien in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
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