Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lina

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
Delicate
Tender
English
A popular variant in several languages of names ending with -line or -lina
Greek
Light
Latin
Persian
Swedish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Lina

Pronunciation

l(i)-na

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1985 (rank #6518, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #567, 530 births); most recent 2025 (rank #572, 527 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–527
2024–530
2023–513
2022–514
2021–441
2020–413
2019–392
2018–360
2017–374
2016–335

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #234, 200 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025200
2024156
2023150
2022152
2021126
2020107
2019126
201892
201775
201676

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #10, 3,471 births); most recent 2023 (rank #13, 2,086 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20232,086
20222,363
20212,371
20202,747
20192,965
20182,928
20173,016
20163,126
20153,207
20143,360

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #321, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
202412
20238
20229
20215
20208
20197
20183
20176
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #275, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #359, 9 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20259
202413
20233
20223
20214
20208
20195
20187
20176
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #418, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #271, 14 births); most recent 2023 (rank #348, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20239
202212
20216
20209
201914
20185
20177
201612
201510
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence