Carin

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 98.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 175 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,515
since 1939

Carin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #799, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#6,46913
2023#4,45623
2022#4,85020
2021#7,08911
2020#6,29613
2019
2018
2017
2016#14,3316
2015#16,4195
2014#11,9318
2013
2012
2011#9,15012
2010#14,9596
2009#11,4599
2008#17,5045
2007#5,89523
2006#10,61110
2005#10,12810
2004#7,82814
2003#7,99813
2002#7,81613
2001#6,61916
2000#4,64925
1999#4,08828
1998#5,58318
1997#7,74211
1996#4,73921
1995#4,51822
1994#4,37623
1993#2,82542
1992#2,77743
1991#2,38853
1990#2,90039
1989#2,44247
1988#1,86366
1987#1,91859
1986#1,91058
1985#1,85660
1984#1,47578
1983#1,42382
1982#1,257103
1981#1,36890
1980#1,48281
1979#1,184111
1978#1,141112
1977#905156
1976#1,047117
1975#947133
1974#831159
1973#947127
1972#893141
1971#842163
1970#799175
1969#819157
1968#834149
1967#911126
1966#1,031101
1965#957114
1964#1,15391
1963#1,29073
1962#1,081100
1961#1,21782
1960#1,009113
1959#1,11891
1958#1,46953
1957#1,14485
1956#1,11685
1955#1,42350
1954#1,43649
1953#1,37350
1952#1,52340
1951#1,29252
1950#1,49538
1949#1,28950
1948#1,31349
1947#1,54537
1946#1,86024
1945#2,45813
1944#2,76211
1943#3,4938
1942#2,81711
1941#3,9546
1940#2,9639
1939#4,2505
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First appearance
1939

The first year at least five girls were named Carin! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012–2013, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carin is popular in 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWIMichigan: #786 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,254 girlsMINew York: #772 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,416 girlsNYMassachusetts: #506 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,506 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #712 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,192 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #771 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,044 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#506 · 1 in 7,506
  2. Pennsylvania#712 · 1 in 11,192
  3. California#771 · 1 in 9,044
  4. New York#772 · 1 in 10,416
  5. Michigan#786 · 1 in 12,254

Best ever in a state: #364 in Arizona, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#50661 in 7,506
Pennsylvania#71281 in 11,192
California#771171 in 9,044
New York#772141 in 10,416
Michigan#78661 in 12,254
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Carin
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1965 (#1,153#957)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1978 (#905#1,141)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1939
  • Peaked 1970 at #799 (175 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,230
  • Highest: 1 in 9,230 girls born in 1974 were named Carin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #799 in 1970, was only 1 in 9,989 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Carin (1,394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,250 (1939)#4,250
1940s218#1,289 (1949)#2,445
1950s593#1,116 (1956)#1,339
1960s1,106#819 (1969)#1,030
1970s1,394#799 (1970)#954
1980s724#1,257 (1982)#1,699
1990s300#2,388 (1991)#4,194
2000s138#4,649 (2000)#9,051
2010s37#9,150 (2011)#13,358

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carin in 1966

girls
#1,031
101 births · 1 in 16,754 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,031Carin101
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,754 of them was named Carin, which outranked 86.5% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carin
  1. #1,022Penni102
  2. #1,022Rhea102
  3. #1,022Rosario102
  4. #1,031Carin101
  5. #1,031Antonette101
  6. #1,031Glynis101
  7. #1,031Jerry101
  8. #1,042Brandy100
  9. #1,042Gretta100
  10. #1,042Jena100

Tied with 10 names at #1,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966