Conlin

#12,408 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Conlin has been given to 278 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #12,408 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Conlin, 2025

1 in 663,000

Conlin over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Conlin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,408
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Conlin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Conlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Conlins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Conlin was born before 2007 — so the typical Conlin is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
278
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2000s — 38.8% of all recorded uses (108).

Is Conlin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,208
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,512
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
31.3%
Peak was 2007 (16)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,083
1999

Spellings of Conlin

Conlin is not the most common spelling — Colin is, with 40.7% against Conlin's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Conlin around the world

Where Conlin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Scotland
    2008–2008
    #638
    in 2008

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland. NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Conlin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,408
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,512
Best rank ever
#5,083
1999
Peak year
2007
16 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
278
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Conlin

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Sibling names for Conlin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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