Karlin
Karlin is a girl's name that peaked in 1996, when it was the 5,771st most popular in the United States. It is given to both boys and girls. It has not appeared in the national data since 2025. About 840 Karlins are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 29.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Karlin boys named Karlin
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 886
- Estimated living today
- 840
- Median age today
- 29
- Peak year
- 1996
- Best rank
- 5,771st
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1938
- Girls / boys
- 460 / 426
How old the living Karlins are
born that year still alive today
Of the 886 babies given the name since 1938, about 840 are alive — 94 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1996 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where Karlin is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1996
The most popular girls’ names the year Karlin peaked:
Related names
Karlin against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.