How rare is the name Carlin?

3,660 people in the United States have the first name Carlin, about 1 in 82,522. It ranks #4,891 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARLIN

#4,891

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,660
About
1 in 82,522
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,660 people named Carlin, 67.3% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Black and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 51.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carlin peaked in 1998, when 107 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
107
In 2025*
30 ▼72%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 4,565 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.

Carlin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,864. The largest share of babies named Carlin, 26.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,44158
1920s#4,961113
1930s#3,694151
1940s#3,153227
1950s#3,229292
1960s#3,591287
1970s#3,632357
1980s#2,952620
1990s#2,864901
2000s#4,155734
2010s#4,991596
2020s#6,858224
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–456.3%
Baby boom 1946–6412.2%
Generation X 1965–8011.7%
Millennials 1981–9626.1%
Generation Z 1997–1226.2%
2013 and later14.1%

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.

Exactly as common as Carlin

1 other first name also has 3,660 people.

#4,891 Maiya · 3,660

Either side of Carlin

#4,889 Christan · 3,663#4,890 Damari · 3,662#4,891 Maiya · 3,660#4,893 Brie · 3,658

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carlin, most common first.

#4,774 Carlyn · 3,797#5,919 Carline · 2,790#6,606 Carolin · 2,410#9,110 Carlina · 1,551#14,020 Carlon · 848#15,522 Carlen · 740#30,089 Carlan · 291#39,517 Carling · 191

Also a last name

As a last name, Carlin ranks #3,103 of 156,621, with 11,301 people. See Carlin as a last name

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