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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Carlina

Carlina was the 13526th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 2941st; the most babies were born in 2012 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,179 places. More babies were named Carlina in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#13,526 girls, down 4,466 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201232 babies
Total since 1880
1,184babies recorded

Carlina popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#13,5266
2020#9,06011
2010#9,34512
2000#5,52820
1990#4,72120
1980#5,00514
1970#3,60017
1960——
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How popular is Carlina, counting every spelling?

Carlina is the most common spelling of a name family that had 11 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 11 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Carlina?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carlina (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Carlina 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carlina.

Chance of another Carlina in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Carlina?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Carlina are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 20 and 45. That makes Carlina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Carlina by state

How common Carlina was among girls born in each state in 2010–2014, around its peak. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMA0.04Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Carlina, girls, 2010–2014. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Carlina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carlina, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Carlina

How popular is the name Carlina?

Carlina was the 13526th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 2941st; the most babies were born in 2012 (32). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,179 places. More babies were named Carlina in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Carlina a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Carlina in the US.

Where was Carlina most popular?

In 2010–2014, Carlina was most common in Massachusetts (0.04 per 1,000 girls).