Linley comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Linley" means "flax meadow".
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How popular is Linley?
2021peak year
Today, Linley is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2494), with only about 73 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2021, 89 babies were given the name (ranked #2123 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Linley's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,696 babies have been registered as Linley since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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