Lina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lina: Recorded since 1945, it reached #69 in 2007, and it stood at #111 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#69highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lina's record

Moved 141 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#770
1998	#758
1999	#952
2000	#712
2001	#710
2002	#689
2003	#799
2004	#618
2005	#481
2006	#568
2007	#637
2008	#639
2009	#556
2010	#538
2011	#525
2012	#639
2013	#519
2014	#541
2015	#609
2016	#553
2017	#574
2018	#467
2019	#349
2020	#402
2021	#365
2022	#294
2023	#293
2024	#287

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 72 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #111 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #361 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #69 among girls in Norway, in 2007 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #111 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Lina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 72 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 3,236 births with the name.

Lina across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#361 (1945)	#69 (2007)	#111 (2025)	72 of 81	3,236 (1945–2025)	88 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#869 (1996)	#287 (2024)	#287 (2024)	29 of 29	2,119 (1996–2024)	156 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#498 (2001)	#320 (2024)	#718 (2025)	21 of 25	121 (2001–2025)	12 (2024)

Lina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	29	5 of 10	6
1960s	105	10 of 10	11
1970s	320	10 of 10	32
1980s	593	10 of 10	59
1990s	561	10 of 10	56
2000sbusiest	712	10 of 10	71
2010s	646	10 of 10	65
2020s	266	6 of 10	44

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 71 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #69 in Norway in 2007.

Lina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#287	156	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#293	150	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#294	152	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#365	126	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#402	107	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#349	126	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#467	92	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#574	75	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#553	76	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#541	78	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#519	80	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#639	65	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#525	80	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#538	74	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#556	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#639	58	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#637	55	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#568	61	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#481	76	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#618	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#689	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#710	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#712	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#111	52	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#114	47	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#136	39	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#115	46	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#114	45	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#134	37	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#104	56	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#100	60	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#94	63	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#109	57	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#97	66	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#114	53	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#111	58	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#80	80	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#90	74	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#90	79	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#95	74	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#86	84	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#69	88	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#98	69	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#93	69	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#89	74	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#78	79	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#102	63	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#110	60	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#124	52	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#119	54	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#131	53	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#125	59	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#129	57	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#117	67	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#121	60	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#132	58	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#158	42	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#139	54	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#140	57	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#131	61	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#135	56	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#90	80	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#118	60	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#138	49	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#102	68	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#124	51	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#136	50	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#124	55	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#109	63	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#113	60	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#141	44	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#146	40	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#160	35	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#204	24	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#202	25	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#167	33	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#202	25	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#233	20	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#282	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#271	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#230	19	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#304	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#318	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#316	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#312	11	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#346	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#450	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#480	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#318	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#390	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#275	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 72 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #69, first reached in 2007.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 156 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lin · #114, 33y
Linas · #289, 38y
Lincoln · #33, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Greta · #73, 76y
Vivienne · #73, 72y
Gina · #76, 71y
Lawrence · #77, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Evy · #69, 80y
Merethe · #69, 54y
Sven · #69, 81y
Torgeir · #69, 72y

Lina was ranked #69 in Norway · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lina without appearing here.

Lina moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #869 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #770 and #1450.
Audrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #661 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #420 and #905.
Jordan Compare
In 2004 they stood at #618 and #581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #481 and #951.
Gemma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #639 and #580 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #519 and #982.

Moved ahead of Lina

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #525 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #639 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #525 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #639 and #294.
Maddison Compare
In 2007 they stood at #624 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #750 and #430.
Sienna Compare
In 1998 they stood at #758 and #1122 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #952 and #641.

Moved the opposite way to Lina

Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 while Aud went from #13 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 while Bjørg went from #6 to #369.
Eileen Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 while Eileen went from #324 to #501.

Moved the same way as Lina

Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 and Ella from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lina went from #361 to #111 and Emma from #342 to #1.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #69 in Norway in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lina

Lina at a glance

What stands out in Lina's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lina across 3 official records

Lina by decade in Norway · Girls

Lina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lina

Lina and the names beside it

Lina moved ahead of

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Lina at a glance

What stands out in Lina's record

Lina across 3 official records

Lina by decade in Norway · Girls

Lina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lina

Lina and the names beside it

Lina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lina

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