Boys' name · since 1990
Conlin
Conlin has 278 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,581 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Conlin currently ranks #12581 among boys' names in America, with 278 babies recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Conlin has been recorded 278 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #12581 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #11,047 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,581 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 278 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Conlin ranks #11,047 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,581 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 278 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,581 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Conlin's 278 recorded births place it above 75.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Conlin compares
278 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Conlin's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Conlin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 278 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Conlin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Conlin's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Conlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Conlin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Conlin's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Conlin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Conlin's data
- Conlin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Conlin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Conlin 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.