Carlan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Carlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Carlan between 1945 and 2000, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Carlan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1951.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlan performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Carlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 40 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.