Given name & surname
Linh
Linh is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Linh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,732
- 213 boys · 1,519 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 87 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,008 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,008 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,392 as a first name in 2020; 271 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Linh’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Linh
- Nguyễn Văn LinhGeneral secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1915–1998)
- Nguyễn Tiến Linhassociation football playerborn 1997
- Hoàng Thùy LinhVietnamese singer, actress and model (born 1988)
- Mỹ LinhVietnamese singer and lyricist (born 1975)
- Nguyễn Thùy Linhbadminton playerborn 1997
- Phùng Khánh LinhVietnamese singer-songwriter (born 1994)
- Việt Linhfilm and stage director, writerborn 1952
- Hoài LinhVietnamese actor and comedianborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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