Carin Boy
How popular is Carin?
#10,691 boy name in 2025
6 baby boys were named Carin in the US in 2025, making it the 10691st most popular boy name.
Carin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #10,691 for boys (▼ 4227 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #6,292 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (23 boys) |
| Highest rank | #4,452 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 2020 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karon family of names ranked #1,282 for boys in 2025 (#1,198 the year before), with 122 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karon | 21 | 17% |
| Karan | 12 | 10% |
| Kairen | 28 | 23% |
| Kairyn | 16 | 13% |
| Caron | 5 | 4% |
| Kairon | 16 | 13% |
| Carin | 6 | 5% |
| Kayron | 12 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carin is most popular
Babies named Carin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Carin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 86 | #4,452 |
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Questions
- Is Carin a boy or girl name?
- Carin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Carin were boys.
- How popular is the name Carin?
- 6 baby boys were named Carin in the US in 2025, making it the 10691st most popular boy name.
- When was Carin most popular?
- Carin peaked in 2023, when 23 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #4,452 in 2023.
- How many people are named Carin?
- 4,601 babies have been named Carin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,201 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Carin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carin was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.