Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carlin**

#1,845 most common boys' name of all time · #4,467 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1905–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,845
Rank overall
#4,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
4,565
Since 2016
457
Peak year
1998 #1,797
Best rank
#1,344 1934
Girls Boys peak 107/yr
192019401960198020002020

Carlin first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 13 30 #6,473
2024 14 12 26 #6,858
2023 17 14 31 #6,239
2022 27 23 50 #4,453
2021 20 18 38 #5,132
2020 26 23 49 #4,294
2019 25 26 51 #4,019
2018 27 32 59 #3,457
2017 27 34 61 #3,317
2016 23 39 62 #3,003
2015 35 32 67 #3,438
2014 26 29 55 #3,623
2013 27 37 64 #3,001
2012 20 38 58 #3,009
2011 26 30 56 #3,514
2010 27 36 63 #3,140
2009 31 45 76 #2,707
2008 35 54 89 #2,381
2007 29 32 61 #3,392
2006 20 42 62 #2,747
2005 33 41 74 #2,661
2004 38 37 75 #2,798
2003 40 35 75 #2,794
2002 32 29 61 #3,111
2001 38 32 70 #2,873
2000 51 40 91 #2,387
1999 45 51 96 #1,910
1998 51 56 107 #1,797
1997 44 38 82 #2,236
1996 41 39 80 #2,153
1995 47 42 89 #1,997
1994 37 46 83 #1,856
1993 34 50 84 #1,727
1992 40 62 102 #1,476
1991 48 39 87 #1,962
1990 45 46 91 #1,735
1989 28 46 74 #1,684
1988 36 28 64 #2,216
1987 37 45 82 #1,569
1986 30 34 64 #1,803
1985 21 41 62 #1,580
1984 17 48 65 #1,371
1983 21 35 56 #1,663
1982 24 29 53 #1,902
1981 23 34 57 #1,703
1980 18 25 43 #2,122
1979 16 33 49 #1,728
1978 22 14 36 #2,960
1977 12 17 29 #2,593
1976 13 22 35 #2,129
1975 16 22 38 #2,088
1974 22 15 37 #2,584
1973 18 21 39 #2,003
1972 11 16 27 #2,353
1971 14 22 36 #1,942
1970 16 15 31 #2,438
1969 17 14 31 #2,337
1968 19 14 33 #2,242
1967 — 14 14 #2,178
1966 9 25 34 #1,560
1965 5 16 21 #2,026
1964 10 18 28 #1,933
1963 17 9 26 #2,919
1962 18 11 29 #2,569
1961 12 21 33 #1,796
1960 14 24 38 #1,674
1959 17 21 38 #1,781
1958 6 19 25 #1,868
1957 17 14 31 #2,230
1956 13 19 32 #1,854
1955 12 12 24 #2,360
1954 9 19 28 #1,792
1953 13 16 29 #1,997
1952 13 14 27 #2,116
1951 14 10 24 #2,568
1950 17 17 34 #1,846
1949 8 12 20 #2,276
1948 15 14 29 #2,080
1947 12 23 35 #1,582
1946 11 17 28 #1,799
1945 9 9 18 #2,473
1944 — 9 9 #2,542
1943 11 15 26 #1,946
1942 10 13 23 #2,094
1941 5 12 17 #2,144
1940 5 17 22 #1,718
1939 7 15 22 #1,843
1938 — 14 14 #1,948
1937 — 15 15 #1,873
1936 — 17 17 #1,685
1935 — 8 8 #2,817
1934 6 26 32 #1,344
1933 — 6 6 #3,382
1932 — 15 15 #1,964
1931 — 7 7 #3,170
1930 — 15 15 #2,029
1929 — 10 10 #2,657
1928 — 10 10 #2,721
1927 — 12 12 #2,457
1926 — 7 7 #3,455
1925 — 13 13 #2,372
1924 — 14 14 #2,283
1923 — 11 11 #2,682
1922 — 6 6 #3,948
1921 5 11 16 #2,705
1920 5 9 14 #3,039
1919 — 6 6 #3,820
1918 — 13 13 #2,329
1917 — 7 7 #3,293
1916 — 7 7 #3,263
1915 — 11 11 #2,386
1914 — 9 9 #2,367
1912 — 5 5 #2,673
1905 — 5 5 #1,403