Carlin
Carlin was the 6591st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 2447th; the most babies were born in 1998 (51). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,429 places. More babies were named Carlin in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,591 girls, down 1,681 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- 54% girls, 46% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199851 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,565babies recorded
Carlin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,591 | #6,520 | 17 | 13 |
| 2020 | #4,910 | #4,297 | 26 | 23 |
| 2010 | #5,133 | #3,134 | 27 | 36 |
| 2000 | #2,820 | #2,386 | 51 | 40 |
| 1990 | #2,605 | #1,731 | 45 | 46 |
| 1980 | #4,168 | #2,120 | 18 | 25 |
| 1970 | #3,737 | #2,412 | 16 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,375 | #1,661 | 14 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,447 | #1,826 | 17 | 17 |
| 1940 | #4,449 | #1,687 | 5 | 17 |
| 1930 | — | #1,980 | — | 15 |
| 1920 | #5,092 | #2,993 | 5 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Carlin, counting every spelling?
Carlin has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Carlin?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carlin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carlin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carlin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carlin?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Carlin are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 19 and 44. That makes Carlin mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Carlin
How popular is the name Carlin?
Carlin was the 6591st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked 2447th; the most babies were born in 1998 (51). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,429 places. More babies were named Carlin in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Carlin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 54% girls, 46% boys given the name Carlin in the US.