Carlin
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 57.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,626since 1905
Carlin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | #4,442 | 23 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 | #3,431 | 32 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #2,998 | 37 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #3,128 | 36 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #2,702 | 45 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #2,374 | 54 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #2,744 | 42 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 | #1,791 | 56 |
| 1997 | #2,776 | 44 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #2,145 | 39 |
| 1995 | #2,623 | 47 | #1,988 | 42 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | #1,851 | 46 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | #1,721 | 50 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | #1,472 | 62 |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #1,678 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #1,569 | 41 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #1,365 | 48 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #1,651 | 35 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #1,890 | 29 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1905
The first year at least five boys were named Carlin! It came in at #1,233, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 386 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,446)
- 2,171 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #6,446)
- 3,015 spots since 2015 (#3,431 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #1,233 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,461
- Highest: 1 in 26,461 boys born in 1905 were named Carlin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 17.9% of all boys named Carlin (469) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 58 | #2,260 (1918) | #2,788 |
| 1920s | 103 | #2,229 (1924) | #2,767 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,323 (1934) | #2,145 |
| 1940s | 141 | #1,555 (1947) | #2,014 |
| 1950s | 161 | #1,759 (1959) | #2,001 |
| 1960s | 166 | #1,540 (1966) | #2,087 |
| 1970s | 197 | #1,711 (1979) | #2,254 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,365 (1984) | #1,751 |
| 1990s | 469 | #1,472 (1992) | #1,878 |
| 2000s | 387 | #2,374 (2008) | #2,776 |
| 2010s | 333 | #2,993 (2016) | #3,344 |
| 2020s | 103 | #4,275 (2020) | #5,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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