Link Boy
How popular is Link?
#1,571 boy name in 2025
108 baby boys were named Link in the US in 2025, making it the 1571st most popular boy name.
Link popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,571 for boys (▼ 153 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 108 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,317 in 2015, #1,142 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (204 boys) |
| Highest rank | #906 in 1893 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Link counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Link family of names ranked #1,326 for boys in 2025 (#1,204 the year before), with 115 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Link | 108 | 94% |
| Lynk | 7 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Link is most popular
Babies named Link per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Idaho: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Link by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #906 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 49 | #2,911 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,175 |
| 1940s | 40 | #1,940 |
| 1950s | 73 | #2,375 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,262 |
| 1970s | 138 | #1,793 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,507 |
| 1990s | 33 | #6,962 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,483 |
| 2010s | 1,011 | #1,195 |
| 2020s | 916 | #1,073 |
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Questions
- Is Link a boy or girl name?
- Link is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Link were boys.
- How popular is the name Link?
- 108 baby boys were named Link in the US in 2025, making it the 1571st most popular boy name.
- When was Link most popular?
- Link peaked in 2022, when 204 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #906 in 1893.
- How many people are named Link?
- 2,689 babies have been named Link in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,463 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Link most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Link was most common in Utah, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.