Lim
Lim is a boy's name that peaked in 1900, when it was the 1,050th most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 1934. About 1 Lims are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 91.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Lim
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 30
- Estimated living today
- 1
- Median age today
- 91
- Peak year
- 1900
- Best rank
- 1,050th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1885
Notable Lims
- Lim Ji-yeon (born 1990)South Korean actress
- Lim Semi (born 1987)South Korean actress
- Lim Si-hyeon (born 2003)South Korean archer
- Lim Na-young (born 1995)South Korean singer
- Lim Su-jeong (born 1986)South Korean taekwondo practitioner
- Lim Jong-hoon (born 1997)South Korean table tennis player
- Lim Yo-hwan (born 1980)South Korean esports player
- Lim Ju-eun (born 1988)South Korean actress
People named Lim with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names of 1900
The most popular boys’ names the year Lim peaked:
Lim among the living
How many people each country's register counts under the name, rather than how many were given it in any one year. Each register was read on one date, and they are not the same date.
| Country | Spelling | First forename | Any forename |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland boys | Lim | — | 5 |
A count of people on a register – Finland on 4 August 2026 – and not of births, so it cannot be compared with the figures above. Names with very few bearers are withheld, and a dash in the first-forename column means the register would not say rather than that nobody goes by it.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.