Gatlin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GAT-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,026 for boys
Gatlin is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “companion, kinsman”. In 2025 it ranked 1,026th for boys in the US (217 babies).
What does Gatlin mean?
English: surname from Old English gædeling
“companion, kinsman”
From an English surname; the related spelling Gatling is famous from the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Gatling.
Is Gatlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Gatlin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 217 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gatlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,026th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 217 about 1 in 7,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were named Gatlin, making it the 1,026th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 779th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 359 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gatlin than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Gatlin in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 223 boys in the US were given Gatlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #930, up from #1,026 for this spelling alone.
- Gatlin 217
- Gatlyn 6
Gatlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 217 | #1,026 |
| 2024 | 267 | #888 |
| 2023 | 303 | #809 |
| 2022 | 359 | #725 |
| 2021 | 319 | #777 |
| 2020 | 301 | #779 |
| 2019 | 265 | #845 |
| 2018 | 262 | #846 |
| 2017 | 215 | #965 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 187 | #1,061 |
| 2014 | 159 | #1,174 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,428 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,524 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 84 | #1,788 |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 83 | #1,633 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 55 | #1,702 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Gatlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon, Cannon, Ocean, Kayden, Declan, Ronan, Odin, Brayden, Callan, Kian, Westin, Aiden
Other spellings of Gatlin
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Gatlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gatlin, updated 20 October 2026.