Girls' name · since 1983
Carling
133 babies named Carling in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
133 girls have been named Carling since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carling has been recorded 133 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1999.
- #24,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 133 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carling ranks #24,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 133 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Carling's 133 recorded births place it above 66.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carling's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carling splits its recorded history at 1991: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carling popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1999
- Peak year (1984)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Carling by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (87 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Carling's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Carling births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 87 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Carling's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 1990s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carling: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carling draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.