# Carline (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/carline/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑː(ɹ)lɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,661 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 1,656 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Probably an altered spelling of Carlin or an Americanized spelling of German Kärlein.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15 | 5,989 |
| 1992 | 15 | 6,062 |
| 1993 | 14 | 6,319 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8,934 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6,311 |
| 1996 | 12 | 7,215 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,109 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,524 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,328 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13,459 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,825 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10,587 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,582 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16,975 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,820 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 5 | 4,387 |

## People named Carline

- Carline Bouw, Dutch rower
- Carline Muir, Canadian sprinter
- Judy Woodruff, American broadcast journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.