Linley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIN-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Linley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “flax field”. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Linley mean?
English: English surname and place name, from Old English lin + leah
“flax field”
An English surname from place names combining Old English lin, flax, and leah, clearing.
Is Linley a girl's or a boy's name?
Linley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Linley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Linley, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had fewer girls named Linley than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Linley in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 370 girls in the US were given Linley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Linley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 75 | #2,446 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Names like Linley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lainey, Kinsley, Riley, Londyn, Oakley, Hadley, Finley, Kenley, Blakely, Kinley, Bailey, Presley
Other spellings of Linley
Lynlee, Lynnlee, Lynleigh, Lynnleigh, Lynley, Lynnley, Linlee
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Linley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/linley, updated 20 October 2026.