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

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Peak · boys
#1,233
1905 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1905
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,626
since 1905

Carlin over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #2,436, 1950peak #1,233, 1905girlsboys
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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#6,54617#6,44613
2024#7,59414#6,83212
2023#6,68017#6,22014
2022#4,90727#4,44223
2021#5,95520#5,11018
2020#4,88026#4,27523
2019#5,16325#4,00326
2018#4,88927#3,44632
2017#4,92227#3,31234
2016#5,62223#2,99339
2015#4,14435#3,43132
2014#5,16326#3,61729
2013#5,01327#2,99837
2012#6,34120#3,00238
2011#5,20726#3,51030
2010#5,10827#3,12836
2009#4,67731#2,70245
2008#4,36035#2,37454
2007#4,94429#3,37932
2006#6,35620#2,74442
2005#4,19533#2,65341
2004#3,74838#2,78837
2003#3,53240#2,78035
2002#3,97832#3,09529
2001#3,48638#2,86432
2000#2,81751#2,37940
1999#2,93545#1,90351
1998#2,65151#1,79156
1997#2,77644#2,22838
1996#2,90141#2,14539
1995#2,62347#1,98842
1994#3,09837#1,85146
1993#3,29034#1,72150
1992#2,92040#1,47262
1991#2,55048#1,95239
1990#2,60045#1,73046
1989#3,56628#1,67846
1988#2,86736#2,19728
1987#2,65737#1,56345
1986#3,05430#1,79134
1985#3,85221#1,56941
1984#4,31817#1,36548
1983#3,68721#1,65135
1982#3,41824#1,89029
1981#3,53223#1,69534
1980#4,14818#2,11025
1979#4,42016#1,71133
1978#3,38822#2,92914
1977#5,21312#2,55617
1976#4,61413#2,11322
1975#3,95016#2,06522
1974#3,11022#2,54915
1973#3,48118#1,98221
1972#4,79311#2,32316
1971#4,12314#1,91622
1970#3,71216#2,39915
1969#3,31817#2,30814
1968#2,96919#2,20014
1967—#2,13914
1966#4,4939#1,54025
1965#6,5395#1,98716
1964#4,35510#1,90018
1963#3,06617#2,8589
1962#2,92218#2,50411
1961#3,79312#1,77821
1960#3,35714#1,65824
1959#2,86917#1,75921
1958#5,4086#1,83819
1957#2,82317#2,19014
1956#3,32113#1,82119
1955#3,37712#2,30212
1954#3,9679#1,76219
1953#3,10613#1,95816
1952#3,04013#2,07314
1951#2,81014#2,49510
1950#2,43617#1,81517
1949#3,8928#2,22512
1948#2,58915#2,02714
1947#3,06112#1,55523
1946#3,03411#1,75917
1945#3,1329#2,3939
1944—#2,4679
1943#2,86111#1,91015
1942#2,98610#2,04213
1941#4,4205#2,08312
1940#4,3495#1,68017
1939#3,4297#1,79515
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,82815
1936—#1,63917
1935—#2,7198
1934#3,8026#1,32326
1933—#3,2686
1932—#1,92215
1931—#3,0957
1930—#1,96415
1929—#2,58910
1928—#2,65910
1927—#2,40812
1926—#3,3857
1925—#2,31313
1924—#2,22914
1923—#2,61411
1922—#3,8726
1921#5,0995#2,63211
1920#4,9755#2,9679
1919—#3,7366
1918—#2,26013
1917—#3,2177
1916—#3,1777
1915—#2,31011
1914—#2,2719
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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.

Where Carlin is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMINew York: #978 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 14,674 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,468 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 31,592 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Carlin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#978 · 1 in 14,674
  2. California#1,468 · 1 in 31,592

Best ever in a state: #641 in Ohio, 1961.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New York#97891 in 14,674
California#1,46891 in 31,592
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Carlin
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,233 (1905)#1,233
1910s58#2,260 (1918)#2,788
1920s103#2,229 (1924)#2,767
1930s138#1,323 (1934)#2,145
1940s141#1,555 (1947)#2,014
1950s161#1,759 (1959)#2,001
1960s166#1,540 (1966)#2,087
1970s197#1,711 (1979)#2,254
1980s365#1,365 (1984)#1,751
1990s469#1,472 (1992)#1,878
2000s387#2,374 (2008)#2,776
2010s333#2,993 (2016)#3,344
2020s103#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 1992

girls
#2,920
40 births · 1 in 46,098 girls
boys
#1,472
62 births · 1 in 32,216 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #2,920Carlin40

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #1,472Carlin62
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 46,098 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 81.3% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlin
  1. #2,869Tenesha41
  2. #2,869Terica41
  3. #2,869Tesha41
  4. #2,920Carlin40
  5. #2,920Abagail40
  6. #2,920Althea40
  7. #2,920Anayeli40
  8. #2,974Abbi39
  9. #2,974Abriana39
  10. #2,974Abrianna39

Tied with 53 names at #2,920; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 32,216 of them was named Carlin, which outranked 85.0% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carlin
  1. #1,452Stevan63
  2. #1,452Travion63
  3. #1,452Tristen63
  4. #1,472Carlin62
  5. #1,472Blane62
  6. #1,472Brien62
  7. #1,472Dontay62
  8. #1,490Aleksander61
  9. #1,490Broc61
  10. #1,490Dashon61

Tied with 17 names at #1,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →