Fun Facts About the Name Lina
- More than 19 thousand babies named Lina: U.S. records list 19,484 babies given the name Lina from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Lina - about 1 boy for every 3,896 girls.
What Does the Name Lina Mean?
Lina has two separate origins. The Arabic feminine name لينا (Līnā) is usually explained as "tender," "delicate," or "soft," from a root (l-y-n) that carries the sense of softness and pliancy. A related Arabic noun, لينة (linah), names a kind of palm tree, and some Arabic speakers connect the name with that image; the link between the personal name and the tree word is a matter of interpretation rather than a settled etymology.
In Europe, Lina is mainly a short form of feminine names ending in -lina: Angelina, Carolina, Magdalena, Paulina, Adelina, Rosalina, and others. That ending is a diminutive, from Latin -ina. Used this way, Lina has no root meaning of its own - it borrows the meaning of whichever longer name it shortens.
Lina Name History & Origins
European use of Lina grew out of the habit of shortening long feminine names. Magdalena, Angelina, Carolina, Paulina, Adelina, and Rosalina all reduce to Lina, and the short form was used as a name in its own right. Because the -lina ending came into many languages through Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German, the short form turned up in several countries rather than spreading from a single source.
Lina is also an established girl's name in Arabic-speaking countries, written لينا, used independently of the European pet form.
In Greek, Λίνα serves as a short form of names such as Αγγελίνα. In Lithuania, Lina is a common given name; it is sometimes said to come from linas, the Lithuanian word for flax, but that derivation is not firmly documented.
How Popular is the Name Lina?
Lina recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2024. Its best rank was #221 in 1880.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #572 | 527 | 0.0328% |
| 2024 | #567 | 530 | 0.0329% |
| 2023 | #584 | 513 | 0.0320% |
| 2022 | #581 | 514 | 0.0314% |
| 2021 | #670 | 441 | 0.0269% |
| 2020 | #690 | 413 | 0.0256% |
| 2019 | #723 | 392 | 0.0234% |
| 2018 | #756 | 360 | 0.0212% |
| 2017 | #750 | 374 | 0.0217% |
| 2016 | #847 | 335 | 0.0189% |
| 2015 | #850 | 329 | 0.0184% |
| 2014 | #769 | 364 | 0.0204% |
| 2013 | #852 | 305 | 0.0174% |
| 2012 | #775 | 355 | 0.0202% |
| 2011 | #855 | 309 | 0.0176% |
| 2010 | #855 | 315 | 0.0177% |
| 2009 | #955 | 280 | 0.0152% |
| 2008 | #916 | 299 | 0.0158% |
| 2007 | #965 | 279 | 0.0145% |
| 2006 | #985 | 264 | 0.0139% |
| 2005 | #981 | 250 | 0.0135% |
| 2004 | #888 | 274 | 0.0149% |
| 2003 | #940 | 251 | 0.0137% |
| 2002 | #984 | 224 | 0.0125% |
| 2001 | #997 | 215 | 0.0119% |
| 2000 | #1,137 | 180 | 0.0099% |
| 1999 | #1,032 | 198 | 0.0112% |
| 1998 | #1,170 | 161 | 0.0091% |
| 1997 | #1,014 | 190 | 0.0109% |
| 1996 | #1,047 | 177 | 0.0101% |
| 1995 | #1,094 | 163 | 0.0093% |
| 1994 | #1,109 | 162 | 0.0091% |
| 1993 | #1,119 | 161 | 0.0089% |
| 1992 | #1,008 | 187 | 0.0101% |
| 1991 | #1,061 | 171 | 0.0091% |
| 1990 | #1,135 | 153 | 0.0081% |
| 1989 | #1,117 | 149 | 0.0081% |
| 1988 | #1,123 | 137 | 0.0077% |
| 1987 | #1,020 | 152 | 0.0087% |
| 1986 | #1,070 | 141 | 0.0082% |
| 1985 | #1,161 | 123 | 0.0071% |
| 1984 | #1,107 | 125 | 0.0074% |
| 1983 | #1,076 | 129 | 0.0077% |
| 1982 | #1,086 | 131 | 0.0077% |
| 1981 | #1,064 | 133 | 0.0080% |
| 1980 | #970 | 153 | 0.0092% |
| 1979 | #1,114 | 122 | 0.0076% |
| 1978 | #1,225 | 102 | 0.0067% |
| 1977 | #1,104 | 117 | 0.0076% |
| 1976 | #1,039 | 119 | 0.0081% |
| 1975 | #1,087 | 108 | 0.0074% |
| 1974 | #1,129 | 103 | 0.0070% |
| 1973 | #1,148 | 96 | 0.0066% |
| 1972 | #1,157 | 94 | 0.0062% |
| 1971 | #1,234 | 91 | 0.0055% |
| 1970 | #1,188 | 97 | 0.0055% |
| 1969 | #1,115 | 99 | 0.0059% |
| 1968 | #1,162 | 87 | 0.0053% |
| 1967 | #962 | 113 | 0.0068% |
| 1966 | #1,093 | 93 | 0.0055% |
| 1965 | #1,057 | 99 | 0.0056% |
| 1964 | #1,217 | 83 | 0.0044% |
| 1963 | #1,004 | 113 | 0.0059% |
| 1962 | #1,402 | 63 | 0.0032% |
| 1961 | #1,228 | 81 | 0.0040% |
| 1960 | #1,242 | 78 | 0.0039% |
| 1959 | #1,113 | 93 | 0.0046% |
| 1958 | #1,134 | 88 | 0.0044% |
| 1957 | #1,171 | 82 | 0.0040% |
| 1956 | #1,173 | 79 | 0.0039% |
| 1955 | #1,078 | 88 | 0.0045% |
| 1954 | #1,401 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1953 | #1,161 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 1952 | #1,244 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 1951 | #1,111 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 1950 | #1,151 | 65 | 0.0038% |
| 1949 | #1,044 | 74 | 0.0043% |
| 1948 | #874 | 100 | 0.0059% |
| 1947 | #1,045 | 73 | 0.0041% |
| 1946 | #1,125 | 57 | 0.0036% |
| 1945 | #1,089 | 53 | 0.0041% |
| 1944 | #1,066 | 54 | 0.0041% |
| 1943 | #973 | 67 | 0.0048% |
| 1942 | #1,082 | 53 | 0.0039% |
| 1941 | #937 | 62 | 0.0051% |
| 1940 | #913 | 62 | 0.0054% |
| 1939 | #880 | 64 | 0.0058% |
| 1938 | #853 | 69 | 0.0063% |
| 1937 | #782 | 77 | 0.0072% |
| 1936 | #997 | 48 | 0.0046% |
| 1935 | #819 | 70 | 0.0067% |
| 1934 | #801 | 71 | 0.0068% |
| 1933 | #776 | 73 | 0.0072% |
| 1932 | #820 | 70 | 0.0066% |
| 1931 | #790 | 74 | 0.0070% |
| 1930 | #736 | 91 | 0.0081% |
| 1929 | #697 | 101 | 0.0090% |
| 1928 | #834 | 75 | 0.0065% |
| 1927 | #769 | 89 | 0.0075% |
| 1926 | #764 | 90 | 0.0076% |
| 1925 | #724 | 104 | 0.0085% |
| 1924 | #693 | 115 | 0.0092% |
| 1923 | #738 | 98 | 0.0081% |
| 1922 | #702 | 109 | 0.0091% |
| 1921 | #670 | 122 | 0.0099% |
| 1920 | #691 | 111 | 0.0093% |
| 1919 | #698 | 102 | 0.0090% |
| 1918 | #709 | 104 | 0.0090% |
| 1917 | #635 | 115 | 0.0106% |
| 1916 | #681 | 101 | 0.0097% |
| 1915 | #665 | 99 | 0.0101% |
| 1914 | #597 | 91 | 0.0119% |
| 1913 | #592 | 76 | 0.0122% |
| 1912 | #606 | 66 | 0.0118% |
| 1911 | #538 | 61 | 0.0146% |
| 1910 | #494 | 68 | 0.0171% |
| 1909 | #497 | 57 | 0.0164% |
| 1908 | #530 | 48 | 0.0144% |
| 1907 | #397 | 80 | 0.0251% |
| 1906 | #489 | 50 | 0.0169% |
| 1905 | #516 | 44 | 0.0151% |
| 1904 | #504 | 43 | 0.0156% |
| 1903 | #472 | 46 | 0.0176% |
| 1902 | #513 | 39 | 0.0148% |
| 1901 | #399 | 55 | 0.0230% |
| 1900 | #421 | 65 | 0.0217% |
| 1899 | #407 | 52 | 0.0223% |
| 1898 | #470 | 44 | 0.0170% |
| 1897 | #401 | 53 | 0.0226% |
| 1896 | #359 | 66 | 0.0277% |
| 1895 | #361 | 61 | 0.0261% |
| 1894 | #370 | 57 | 0.0256% |
| 1893 | #381 | 51 | 0.0240% |
| 1892 | #340 | 60 | 0.0283% |
| 1891 | #352 | 50 | 0.0270% |
| 1890 | #321 | 63 | 0.0331% |
| 1889 | #347 | 52 | 0.0292% |
| 1888 | #360 | 45 | 0.0252% |
| 1887 | #303 | 50 | 0.0343% |
| 1886 | #322 | 43 | 0.0298% |
| 1885 | #310 | 43 | 0.0323% |
| 1884 | #290 | 44 | 0.0341% |
| 1883 | #289 | 38 | 0.0338% |
| 1882 | #272 | 41 | 0.0380% |
| 1881 | #260 | 39 | 0.0424% |
| 1880 | #221 | 49 | 0.0538% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | #7,155 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lina Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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