Lin
Girl · LIN · Chinese
Lin is a girls' name of Chinese origin, meaning “forest or fine jade”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Lin mean?
Chinese: meaning depends on the character used
“forest or fine jade”
Chinese name whose meaning depends on the character, such as lin 'forest' or lin 'fine jade'.
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Is Lin a girl's or a boy's name?
Lin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lin, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Lin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Lin, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Lin in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Lin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
In 1963, 58% of the babies named Lin in the US were girls.
Lin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,868 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,621 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,906 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,986 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
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