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Link

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
Left hand

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Link

Pronunciation

l(i)-nk

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1073, 204 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1571, 108 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025108
2024130
2023146
2022204
2021156
2020171
2019151
2018158
2017135
2016146

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

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1688, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20258
202411
202311
20228
202114
202013
20195
20188
201711
201610

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

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #3084, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4157, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20234
20227
20216
20205
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

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 British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #635, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

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