girl's name

Linea

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 200

Linea is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1970, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1911.

Linea over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

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'10 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Linea by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 10
1940s 21
1950s 28
1960s 5
1970s 30
1980s 18
1990s 27
2000s 14
2010s (to 2011) 12

How popular is Linea?

In 2011, Linea was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Linea is used

France as Linéa #5,592 5 in 2022
United States #18,398 5 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Linea is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Linéa Linéa is a rare spelling of Linea, written with an acute accent and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Linea

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Linea also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Linea over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Linea

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Linea — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Linea

How popular is the name Linea?

In 2011, Linea was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Linea a girl's or a boy's name?

Linea is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Linea most popular?

Linea peaked in 1970, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.