girls:
519 births since 1975
#5197 (9th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2013
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
525 births since 1975
#7214 (7th percentile)
The name Lien is the #7,214 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 525 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 6.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,197 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 519 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2013.
Lien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Lien is available in 39 out of the 48 years between 1975 and 2022 (38 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lien has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lien reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #764) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Lien reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #887) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lien".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.2% confident that Lien is pronounced as leen, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-ehn, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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