Link
Link is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 130 births. Its best rank was 980th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1300.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022204 births
- Best rank
- #980in 1893
- Since 1893
- 2,580people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,580 boys have been named Link in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 204 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 39%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Link | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 55 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 18 | |
| 1940s | 40 | |
| 1950s | 73 | |
| 1960s | 153 | |
| 1970s | 138 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 157 | |
| 2010s | 1,011 | |
| 2020s | 807 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Link was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Link
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leonidaspeak 2022
- Shepardpeak 2022
- Elonpeak 2021
- Alaricpeak 2020
- Lenoxpeak 2023
- Odinpeak 2022
- Barrettpeak 2020
- Matteopeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.