Is Link a boy or girl name?

Link is a boy’s name. Of the 2,689 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Link

Recorded 1893–2025 · United States

Link was most popular in 2022, when 204 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,221 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,355, with 108 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,689 people named Link.

Link over time

Births per year. The dot marks Link’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Link a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Link is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,689 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Link

Where Link is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org