# Lina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,494 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 19,489 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,319, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of any female name ending in -lina, such as Angelina, Carolina, Evelina. It can also be construed as a rare feminine form of Linus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 309 | 855 |
| 2012 | 355 | 775 |
| 2013 | 306 | 851 |
| 2014 | 364 | 770 |
| 2015 | 329 | 851 |
| 2016 | 335 | 847 |
| 2017 | 375 | 750 |
| 2018 | 361 | 754 |
| 2019 | 392 | 723 |
| 2020 | 413 | 690 |
| 2021 | 441 | 670 |
| 2022 | 514 | 582 |
| 2023 | 513 | 585 |
| 2024 | 534 | 565 |
| 2025 | 527 | 572 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 5 | 7,154 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 525 |
| 2012 | 65 | 639 |
| 2013 | 80 | 519 |
| 2014 | 78 | 541 |
| 2015 | 68 | 609 |
| 2016 | 76 | 553 |
| 2017 | 75 | 574 |
| 2018 | 92 | 467 |
| 2019 | 126 | 349 |
| 2020 | 107 | 402 |
| 2021 | 126 | 365 |
| 2022 | 152 | 294 |
| 2023 | 150 | 293 |
| 2024 | 156 | 287 |
| 2025 | 200 | 234 |

## People named Lina

- Lina M. Khan, American legal scholar and jurist (born 1989)
- Lina Cheryazova, freestyle skier (1968–2019)
- Lina Radke, German middle distance runner (1903-1983)
- Lina Magull, German footballer player
- Lina Basquette, American actress (1907–1994)
- Lina Esco, American actress
- Ethel Lina White, British writer (1876–1944)
- Lina Carstens, German actress (1892–1978)
- Lina Nielsen, British sprinter
- Lina Guérin, French rugby player
- Lina El Arabi, French actress
- Lina Meruane, Chilean writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.