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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Carlin
- 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)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1905 at #1,233 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 17.9% of all boys named Carlin (469) were born in this decade
- 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.
Carlin in 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 174,038 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 23.5% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,449Zelia7
- #3,449Zelphia7
- #3,449Zilla7
- #3,802Carlin6
- #3,802Adalene6
- #3,802Adria6
- #3,802Agueda6
- #4,286Adalyn5
- #4,286Adelma5
- #4,286Adrene5
Tied with 483 names at #3,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 39,715 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,293Thornton27
- #1,293Vidal27
- #1,293Wanda27
- #1,323Carlin26
- #1,323Anselmo26
- #1,323Arnulfo26
- #1,323Bedford26
- #1,357Acie25
- #1,357Ann25
- #1,357Anna25
Tied with 33 names at #1,323; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.