Carling — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carling

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Carling between 1983 and 1999, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carling currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carling performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Carling shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carling 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 133 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.