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How popular is the name Ling?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lings are alive today.
Ling (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2015 (ranked 4736th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2014, when 5 babies were given the name, the 4003rd most popular that year.
The Ling you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Lings born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 70 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ling - on average, only one in every 4,500 such rooms contains a Ling.
How many babies are named Ling each year?
Where does Ling rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ling most popular?
Ling peaked in 2014, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ling?
At least 70 people named Ling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ling?
Most living Lings are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 12.
Is Ling becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.