# Link (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/link/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lɪŋk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,689 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,689 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 113, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 3,146 |
| 2012 | 52 | 2,436 |
| 2013 | 73 | 1,928 |
| 2014 | 95 | 1,636 |
| 2015 | 134 | 1,322 |
| 2016 | 146 | 1,257 |
| 2017 | 135 | 1,333 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,197 |
| 2019 | 151 | 1,247 |
| 2020 | 171 | 1,143 |
| 2021 | 156 | 1,234 |
| 2022 | 204 | 1,075 |
| 2023 | 147 | 1,305 |
| 2024 | 130 | 1,420 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,579 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لِينْك
- Japanese: リンク
- Korean: 링크

## People named Link

- Link Wray, American guitarist (1929–2005)
- Link Gaetz, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.