Karlin — unisex name

What the Data Says About Karlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Karlin between 1938 and 2023, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Karlin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 419 additional births since 1953.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Karlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlin 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 460 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.