Carlina — #13620 US girls' name
1,178 babies named Carlina in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Carlina was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Carlina in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlina
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,178 babies named Carlina between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlina currently holds the #13620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Carlina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlina in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlina 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 1,178 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.
Carlina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Carlina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (2012)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #13620 among girls.
1,178 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 32 births in a single year.
Carlina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 248 births that decade — 21% of Carlina's all-time total
Carlina decade highlights
- Peak decade 248 births
- Runner-up 223 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Carlina's strongest decade
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Carlina by state
Where Carlina concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 2.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 24 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
26 of 1,178 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.