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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |