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Carlin: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 17 in 2025. Its best rank was #2,447 in 1950.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2,447 in 1950; #6,591 in 2025. About 57% of babies named Carlin in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,591 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1950, at #2,447.
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Carlin: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 17 girls in 2025. Peak: #2,447 in 1950 · most girls in one year: 51 (2000).
In 2025, 17 US girls were named Carlin, making it the 6,591st most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,076 places from #7,667 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 14 girls named Carlin in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,447, reached in 1950. The most girls given the name in a single year was 51, in 2000. For comparison, it was #4,162 in 2015 and #2,447 in 1950.
In 2025, 13 US boys were named Carlin, making it the 6,520th most common boys’ name of the year, up 388 places from #6,908 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 12 boys named Carlin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,260, reached in 1905. The most boys given the name in a single year was 62, in 1992. For comparison, it was #3,442 in 2015 and #1,826 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carlin in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1905 with 5 babies. In all, 4,565 US babies have been given the name, 42% of them girls and 58% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 901 babies named Carlin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 223 US girls were named Carlin; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 94,545 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Carlene (15,225 babies since 1880), Carleen (6,744 babies since 1880) and Carlyn (4,373 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Karlyn, Karlin and Karlon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Karlyn (2,392), Karlin (886), Karlon (57), Karlan (50).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Carlin in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,591 | 13 | #6,520 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,667 | 12 | #6,908 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,725 | 14 | #6,278 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,932 | 23 | #4,457 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,999 | 18 | #5,148 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,910 | 23 | #4,297 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,188 | 26 | #4,022 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,910 | 32 | #3,459 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,951 | 34 | #3,321 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,659 | 39 | #3,006 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,162 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,188 | 29 | #3,626 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,042 | 37 | #3,009 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,388 | 38 | #3,012 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,239 | 30 | #3,526 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,133 | 36 | #3,134 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,709 | 45 | #2,711 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,378 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,982 | 32 | #3,386 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,413 | 42 | #2,748 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,205 | 41 | #2,669 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,759 | 37 | #2,796 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,542 | 35 | #2,794 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,997 | 29 | #3,113 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,501 | 32 | #2,871 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,820 | 40 | #2,386 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,942 | 51 | #1,905 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,656 | 56 | #1,795 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,781 | 38 | #2,236 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,905 | 39 | #2,150 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,627 | 42 | #1,991 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,111 | 46 | #1,852 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,299 | 50 | #1,722 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,928 | 62 | #1,474 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,559 | 39 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,605 | 46 | #1,731 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,582 | 46 | #1,684 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,881 | 28 | #2,205 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,670 | 45 | #1,566 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,068 | 34 | #1,797 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,870 | 41 | #1,571 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,349 | 48 | #1,366 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,696 | 35 | #1,657 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,432 | 29 | #1,897 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,542 | 34 | #1,697 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,168 | 25 | #2,120 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,442 | 33 | #1,715 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,402 | 14 | #2,951 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,250 | 17 | #2,570 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,654 | 22 | #2,122 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,970 | 22 | #2,074 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,123 | 15 | #2,562 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,497 | 21 | #1,992 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,818 | 16 | #2,338 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,137 | 22 | #1,923 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,737 | 15 | #2,412 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,333 | 14 | #2,326 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,977 | 14 | #2,213 |
| 1967 | — | — | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,532 | 25 | #1,541 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,641 | 16 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,383 | 18 | #1,908 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,075 | 9 | #2,886 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,935 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,809 | 21 | #1,784 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,375 | 24 | #1,661 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,880 | 21 | #1,762 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,485 | 19 | #1,848 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,829 | 14 | #2,198 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,351 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,404 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,013 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,129 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,056 | 14 | #2,086 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,825 | 10 | #2,522 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,447 | 17 | #1,826 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,930 | 12 | #2,238 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,605 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,079 | 23 | #1,560 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,052 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,169 | 9 | #2,418 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,489 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,883 | 15 | #1,923 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,008 | 13 | #2,053 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,492 | 12 | #2,096 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,449 | 17 | #1,687 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,478 | 15 | #1,804 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,912 |
| 1937 | — | — | 15 | #1,832 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,649 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,747 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,878 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,326 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,931 |
| 1931 | — | — | 7 | #3,134 |
| 1930 | — | — | 15 | #1,980 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,622 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1927 | — | — | 12 | #2,426 |
| 1926 | — | — | 7 | #3,441 |
| 1925 | — | — | 13 | #2,329 |
| 1924 | — | — | 14 | #2,248 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,643 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #3,925 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,228 | 11 | #2,658 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,092 | 9 | #2,993 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #3,799 |
| 1918 | — | — | 13 | #2,279 |
| 1917 | — | — | 7 | #3,268 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,223 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,328 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,301 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,602 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,260 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).