Boys' name · since 1914
Carwin
Carwin has 26 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1914 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carwin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 1914.
Carwin has 26 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1914 to 1997.
- #26,871 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carwin ranks #26,871 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carwin's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carwin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carwin's full recorded timeline at 1978, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1914 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carwin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1997
- Peak year (1914)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1997.
26 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 6 births in a single year.
Carwin by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Carwin's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Carwin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (38% of all-time use).
Carwin decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Carwin's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Carwin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1914–1997 (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 Carwin 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.
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