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Caulin

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Boy
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Caulin is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Caulin come from?

Uncertain; perhaps a respelling of Colin or Caolan

Is Caulin a girl's or a boy's name?

Caulin is a boys' name.

How popular is Caulin in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the boys named Caulin in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 23 in 20022013
Caulin in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20135#12,129
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20087#9,864
20077#9,782
20065#12,048
200510#7,089
200410#6,970
200310#6,708
200223#3,665
20018#7,529
20007#8,202
199913#5,029
19980–
199714#4,446
199613#4,606
199513#4,502
199411#5,103
199311#4,995
19927#6,662

Names like Caulin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Caulin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caulin, updated 20 October 2026.