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 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 46,990 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 80.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,612Torey38
- #2,612Xochitl38
- #2,612Yaritza38
- #2,657Carlin37
- #2,657Abbigail37
- #2,657Akia37
- #2,657Aline37
- #2,723Aislinn36
- #2,723Aliya36
- #2,723Blaine36
Tied with 65 names at #2,657; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 41,489 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 80.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,534Turner46
- #1,534Vanessa46
- #1,534Vidal46
- #1,563Carlin45
- #1,563Barron45
- #1,563Breon45
- #1,563Brook45
- #1,587Ace44
- #1,587Armond44
- #1,587Blaze44
Tied with 23 names at #1,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.