Karlin
Mostly boys · KAR-lin · Germanic
Karlin is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Karlin mean?
Germanic: surname, a diminutive of Karl
“free man”
From the surname Karlin, a diminutive of Karl, the German form of Charles.
- Say it
- KAR-lin
Is Karlin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Karlin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Karlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Karlin, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the boys named Karlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Nicknames for Karlin
- Karl 18 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Karlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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