Link
Boy · LINK · English
Link is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “link, connection”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).
What does Link mean?
English: English word name; also a short form of Lincoln
“link, connection”
Best known as the hero of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda games; it is also a short form of Lincoln.
- Say it
- LINK
More on Wiktionary.
Is Link a girl's or a boy's name?
Link is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 108 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Link in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Link, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Link than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Link in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Link in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
How popular is Link in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,571among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Link, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,142nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 204 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Link than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Link in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 boys in the US were given Link or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,366, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.
- Link 108
- Lynk 7
Link in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,571 |
| 2024 | 130 | #1,418 |
| 2023 | 147 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 204 | #1,073 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,230 |
| 2020 | 171 | #1,142 |
| 2019 | 151 | #1,244 |
| 2018 | 158 | #1,195 |
| 2017 | 135 | #1,332 |
| 2016 | 146 | #1,254 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,914 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
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