first name
CARIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,666 people named Carin, 81.7% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as Black. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carin peaked in 1970, when 175 babies got the name.
At least 4,601 babies have been given the name since 1939. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,606. The largest share of babies named Carin, 46.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carin has been most common in New York (2.9×), California (2.7×), and New Jersey (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.66×).
2,249 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carin ranks #108,023 of 156,621, with 175 people. See Carin as a last name
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