Girls' name · since 1960
Carrin
Carrin has 222 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carrin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 222 have been recorded since 1960.
Carrin has 222 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2004.
- #18,735 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 222 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carrin ranks #18,735 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 222 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carrin's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Carrin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carrin's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carrin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2004
- Peak year (1975)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Carrin by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (70 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Carrin's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Carrin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 70 births (32% of all-time use).
Carrin by state
Where Carrin concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 222 births nationwide.
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- Carrin's decade-level peak was the 1970s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Carrins (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carrin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1960–2004 (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 Carrin 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.