Linh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Linh: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #3,015, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#3015highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2012	#4171
2014	#3160
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2021	#3961
2024	#3015

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 England and Wales in 14 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Linh by decade in England and Wales · 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 Linh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	22	5 of 10	4
2020s	13	2 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Linh appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3015 in England and Wales in 2024.

Linh'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,015, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Anuoluwa · #3015, 12y
Arija · #3015, 10y
Chikamso · #3015, 10y
Dalal · #3015, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dalal · #3015, 16y
Mahjabeen · #3015, 10y
Umm · #3015, 16y
Apollonia · #3005, 10y

Linh 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 Linh without appearing here.

Linh moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3961 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5765 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Linh

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.

Moved the same way as Linh

Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Linh went from #3824 to #5765 and Helene from #1802 to #5765.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3015 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Linh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Linh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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