Carlin

Popularity Trends

The name Carlin is the #4,068 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,509 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 47.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,475 (46.0% percentile) for all time with 2,601 births since 1905. For girls, it ranks #3,895 (31.8% percentile) for all time with 1,908 births since 1920.

Carlin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for boys and 1920 for girls). Birth data for Carlin is available in 112 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 86 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Carlin has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 45.2% of babies named Carlin were boys.

For boys, Carlin reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #713) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 35 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Carlin ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 21.9% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Carlin reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #828) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Carlin ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 36.9% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carlin".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

1,908

Peak Births

Peak Year

1998

First Recorded

1920

Peak Percentile

5.3%

Current Percentile

1.3%

Peak Rank

#828

Current Rank

#935

Female statistics

Total Births

2,601

Peak Births

Peak Year

1992

First Recorded

1905

Peak Percentile

7.4%

Current Percentile

1.0%

Peak Rank

#713

Current Rank

#902

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Carlin", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Carlin.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Carlin's popularity from 1902 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Carlin at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Carlin range from Guillermo at 90.8% correlation to Rebeca at 88.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Sergio with 80.7K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Kendell with 6.7K births (71% boys).

Carlin's share of births peaked at 53.9 births per million in 1998 (26.3 for girls in 1998 and 34.9 for boys in 1992). It reached its lowest point of 5.3 births per million (10% of peak) in 1922. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Carlin had 17.4 births per million, 32% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Guillermo

31.6k

90.80% (very strong)

Efren

8,082

89.64% (very strong)

Arturo

56.3k

89.63% (very strong)

Sergio

80.7k

89.22% (very strong)

Humberto

16.8k

89.16% (very strong)

Quinton

31.1k

89.11% (very strong)

Julio

63.3k

88.99% (very strong)

Rogelio

25.6k

88.84% (very strong)

Armando

75.8k

88.78% (very strong)

Enrique

60.4k

88.73% (very strong)

Kendell

6,676

88.64% (very strong)

Rebeca

13.8k

88.61% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Carlin

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Carlin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Carlin is pronounced as KAHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables.

KAHR-lihn

100.0%

KAHR-lihn (2 syllables)

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K AA1 R L IH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 R L IH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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