Carin

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 98.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 175 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,515
since 1939

Carin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carin has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #799, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#6,46913
2023—#4,45623
2022—#4,85020
2021—#7,08911
2020—#6,29613
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2016#14,3316—
2015#16,4195—
2014#11,9318—
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2011#9,15012—
2010#14,9596—
2009#11,4599—
2008#17,5045—
2007#5,89523—
2006#10,61110—
2005#10,12810—
2004#7,82814—
2003#7,99813—
2002#7,81613—
2001#6,61916—
2000#4,64925—
1999#4,08828—
1998#5,58318—
1997#7,74211—
1996#4,73921—
1995#4,51822—
1994#4,37623—
1993#2,82542—
1992#2,77743—
1991#2,38853—
1990#2,90039—
1989#2,44247—
1988#1,86366—
1987#1,91859—
1986#1,91058—
1985#1,85660—
1984#1,47578—
1983#1,42382—
1982#1,257103—
1981#1,36890—
1980#1,48281—
1979#1,184111—
1978#1,141112—
1977#905156—
1976#1,047117—
1975#947133—
1974#831159—
1973#947127—
1972#893141—
1971#842163—
1970#799175—
1969#819157—
1968#834149—
1967#911126—
1966#1,031101—
1965#957114—
1964#1,15391—
1963#1,29073—
1962#1,081100—
1961#1,21782—
1960#1,009113—
1959#1,11891—
1958#1,46953—
1957#1,14485—
1956#1,11685—
1955#1,42350—
1954#1,43649—
1953#1,37350—
1952#1,52340—
1951#1,29252—
1950#1,49538—
1949#1,28950—
1948#1,31349—
1947#1,54537—
1946#1,86024—
1945#2,45813—
1944#2,76211—
1943#3,4938—
1942#2,81711—
1941#3,9546—
1940#2,9639—
1939#4,2505—
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First appearance
1939

The first year at least five girls were named Carin! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012–2013, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carin is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNHWashington: #535 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,703 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #391 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,016 girlsMNIllinois: #878 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,953 girlsILWisconsin: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,513 girlsWIMichigan: #668 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,681 girlsMINew York: #690 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,569 girlsNYMassachusetts: #423 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,628 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedINOhio: #943 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,522 girlsOHPennsylvania: #825 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,036 girlsPANew Jersey: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,652 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #663 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,152 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedUTColorado: #366 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,222 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedALGeorgia: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,531 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Carin, so not publishedTXFlorida: #782 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,449 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Colorado#366 · 1 in 2,222
  2. Minnesota#391 · 1 in 4,016
  3. Massachusetts#423 · 1 in 4,628
  4. Wisconsin#508 · 1 in 6,513
  5. Washington#535 · 1 in 4,703

Best ever in a state: #364 in Arizona, 1974.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#36671 in 2,222
Minnesota#39171 in 4,016
Massachusetts#42391 in 4,628
Wisconsin#50851 in 6,513
Washington#53551 in 4,703
California#663251 in 6,152
Michigan#66881 in 8,681
Georgia#68351 in 7,531
New York#690181 in 7,569
New Jersey#74151 in 9,652
Florida#78251 in 8,449
Pennsylvania#82561 in 14,036
Illinois#87871 in 11,953
Ohio#94351 in 16,522
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Carin
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1965 (#1,153 → #957)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1978 (#905 → #1,141)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1939
  • Peaked 1970 at #799 (175 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,230
  • Highest: 1 in 9,230 girls born in 1974 were named Carin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #799 in 1970, was only 1 in 9,989 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Carin (1,394) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,250 (1939)#4,250
1940s218#1,289 (1949)#2,445
1950s593#1,116 (1956)#1,339
1960s1,106#819 (1969)#1,030
1970s1,394#799 (1970)#954
1980s724#1,257 (1982)#1,699
1990s300#2,388 (1991)#4,194
2000s138#4,649 (2000)#9,051
2010s37#9,150 (2011)#13,358

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carin in 1968

girls
#834
149 births · 1 in 11,009 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #834Carin149
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 11,009 of them was named Carin, which outranked 89.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carin
  1. #831Elvira150
  2. #831Freda150
  3. #831Tamala150
  4. #834Carin149
  5. #834Juliana149
  6. #834Loriann149
  7. #837Darcie148
  8. #837Juana148
  9. #837Kandy148

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →