Lin is a unisex name. In 2025 it ranked #20124 for unisex births in the United States, given to 7 babies. Lin first appears in the data in 1898 and reached its peak in 1959 (59 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #20,124 |
| 2024 | 11 | #15,318 |
| 2023 | 14 | #13,104 |
| 2022 | 15 | #12,450 |
| 2021 | 13 | #13,572 |
| 2020 | 8 | #18,498 |
| 2019 | 13 | #13,767 |
| 2018 | 5 | #25,795 |
| 2017 | 5 | #26,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #13,367 |
| 2015 | 12 | #14,823 |
| 2014 | 17 | #11,728 |
| 2013 | 14 | #13,459 |
| 2012 | 15 | #12,971 |
| 2011 | 13 | #14,252 |
| 2010 | 17 | #12,018 |
| 2009 | 16 | #12,733 |
| 2008 | 13 | #14,694 |
| 2007 | 11 | #16,469 |
| 2006 | 15 | #12,878 |
| 2005 | 16 | #11,716 |
| 2004 | 22 | #9,182 |
| 2003 | 17 | #10,779 |
| 2002 | 7 | #19,416 |
| 2001 | 18 | #10,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #14,701 |
| 1999 | 10 | #14,140 |
| 1998 | 6 | #19,428 |
| 1997 | 7 | #16,954 |
| 1996 | 6 | #18,420 |
| 1995 | 10 | #12,815 |
| 1994 | 7 | #16,337 |
| 1993 | 11 | #11,907 |
| 1992 | 8 | #14,644 |
| 1991 | 5 | #19,862 |
| 1990 | 14 | #9,659 |
| 1989 | 11 | #10,802 |
| 1988 | 12 | #9,609 |
| 1987 | 6 | #14,703 |
| 1986 | 15 | #7,670 |
| 1985 | 16 | #7,199 |
| 1984 | 6 | #13,553 |
| 1983 | 10 | #9,448 |
| 1982 | 10 | #9,689 |
| 1981 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 1980 | 20 | #6,015 |
| 1977 | 6 | #12,555 |
| 1976 | 7 | #10,873 |
| 1975 | 12 | #7,466 |
| 1974 | 12 | #7,244 |
| 1973 | 13 | #6,689 |
| 1972 | 6 | #10,881 |
| 1971 | 15 | #6,038 |
| 1970 | 12 | #6,777 |
| 1969 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 1968 | 24 | #3,957 |
| 1967 | 24 | #3,858 |
| 1966 | 29 | #3,454 |
| 1965 | 20 | #4,277 |
| 1964 | 27 | #3,694 |
| 1963 | 36 | #3,123 |
| 1962 | 40 | #2,917 |
| 1961 | 36 | #3,114 |
| 1960 | 51 | #2,556 |
| 1959 | 59 | #2,303 |
| 1958 | 39 | #2,852 |
| 1957 | 50 | #2,500 |
| 1956 | 43 | #2,673 |
| 1955 | 51 | #2,369 |
| 1954 | 45 | #2,524 |
| 1953 | 54 | #2,224 |
| 1952 | 53 | #2,235 |
| 1951 | 43 | #2,450 |
| 1950 | 37 | #2,615 |
| 1949 | 35 | #2,680 |
| 1948 | 42 | #2,449 |
| 1947 | 38 | #2,608 |
| 1946 | 27 | #2,947 |
| 1945 | 23 | #2,985 |
| 1944 | 27 | #2,728 |
| 1943 | 27 | #2,836 |
| 1942 | 26 | #2,839 |
| 1941 | 21 | #3,082 |
| 1940 | 20 | #3,142 |
| 1939 | 13 | #3,993 |
| 1938 | 5 | #7,197 |
| 1937 | 12 | #4,210 |
| 1936 | 8 | #5,285 |
| 1935 | 6 | #6,414 |
| 1934 | 6 | #6,467 |
| 1933 | 8 | #5,403 |
| 1932 | 11 | #4,611 |
| 1931 | 5 | #7,407 |
| 1930 | 15 | #3,939 |
| 1929 | 7 | #6,335 |
| 1928 | 9 | #5,582 |
| 1927 | 9 | #5,710 |
| 1926 | 8 | #6,144 |
| 1925 | 11 | #5,175 |
| 1924 | 7 | #6,916 |
| 1923 | 12 | #4,892 |
| 1922 | 7 | #6,957 |
| 1921 | 5 | #8,599 |
| 1919 | 9 | #5,677 |
| 1918 | 5 | #8,202 |
| 1917 | 11 | #4,853 |
| 1916 | 7 | #6,229 |
| 1913 | 5 | #5,622 |
| 1898 | 5 | #2,976 |