NameTides

Gatlin

Gatlin was the #1,026 boys' name in the US in 2025 (217 babies).

Gatlin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Gatlin as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Gatlin as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,026 (217)—
2024#888 (267)—
2023#809 (303)—
2022#725 (359)—
2021#777 (319)—
2020#779 (301)—
2019#845 (265)—
2018#846 (262)—
2017#965 (215)#2,762 (5)
2016#1,234 (151)—
2015#1,061 (187)—
2014#1,174 (159)—
2013#1,305 (132)—
2012#1,428 (116)—
2011#1,524 (104)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #725.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Gatlin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gatlin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #768MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #379INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Gatlin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GatlinCanadaBoys—too few
GatlinUSGirls—too few
GatlinUSBoys#1,026217