Boys' name · since 1959
Karlan
Karlan has 50 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,264 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karlan is the #12264 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 50 recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Karlan recorded 50 times among boys since 1959, holding rank #12264 nationally today, ahead of 12% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #22,179 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,264 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 1959
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlan ranks #22,179 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,264 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50 born since 1959, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,179 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,264 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlan's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karlan compares
50 17th 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
Karlan's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karlan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Karlan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karlan's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1959 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Karlan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Karlan's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Karlan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Karlan's data
- Karlan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karlan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Karlan 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.