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.

Karlin**

#7,657 most common girls' name of all time · #12,814 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1938–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#7,657
Rank overall
#12,814 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
886
Since 2016
125
Peak year
1999 #7,345
Best rank
#4,318 1946
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
19401960198020002020

Karlin first appears in 1938. 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 7 7
2024 11 11
2023 5 6 11 #15,497
2022 5 5
2021 5 5
2020 10 10
2019 16 16
2018 6 11 17 #14,022
2017 8 14 22 #11,762
2016 12 9 21 #8,975
2015 6 8 14 #14,711
2014 6 6
2013 8 9 17 #12,121
2012 10 9 19 #10,554
2011 5 11 16 #17,076
2010 6 6
2009 6 8 14 #15,452
2008 6 6 #15,643
2007 10 10 20 #10,930
2006 9 10 19 #11,556
2005 9 9
2004 6 5 11 #14,393
2003 10 8 18 #9,785
2002 7 6 13 #12,370
2001 10 5 15 #9,459
2000 9 7 16 #9,996
1999 13 14 27 #7,345
1998 12 12 #7,628
1997 12 8 20 #7,377
1996 16 9 25 #5,841
1995 10 6 16 #8,211
1994 15 10 25 #6,058
1993 13 8 21 #6,703
1992 10 10 #8,196
1991 10 9 19 #8,124
1990 7 9 16 #10,407
1989 7 6 13 #9,900
1988 6 7 13 #10,636
1987 14 11 25 #5,403
1986 9 9 18 #7,294
1985 10 5 15 #6,581
1984 6 7 13 #9,393
1983 6 6 12 #9,280
1981 10 10
1980 5 9 14 #10,748
1979 7 7
1978 8 8 16 #7,151
1977 6 6 12 #8,742
1974 7 7
1972 7 8 15 #6,784
1971 10 6 16 #5,298
1970 11 11 #4,875
1969 11 5 16 #4,545
1968 6 6 #6,548
1967 6 6 #6,328
1965 5 5 #6,930
1964 7 7 #5,724
1963 7 7
1962 5 7 12 #7,039
1960 9 9 #4,644
1959 5 6 11 #6,700
1958 9 9 #4,391
1956 6 6 #5,694
1953 5 5
1952 7 7 #4,770
1951 6 6 #5,221
1946 7 7 #4,318
1945 5 5 #5,106
1944 5 5 #5,083
1938 5 5 #4,957