Given name & surname
Conlin
“a hero”
Conlin is a variant of Conlan. One interpretation is “a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Conlin is a variant of Conlan. One interpretation is “a hero.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Conlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 278
- 278 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,412 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,412 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 289 as a first name in 2020; 4,098 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Conlin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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