Gatlin
Gatlin is ranked 888th among boys in 2024 (266 births). Its best rank was 725th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #888down 79 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2660.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022358 births
- Best rank
- #725in 2022
- Since 1981
- 4,251people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,251 boys have been named Gatlin in the United States since 1981, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 358 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 39%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Gatlin was the 725th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Gatlin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Virajpeak 2024
- Musapeak 2024
- Osirispeak 2020
- Valenpeak 2023
- Rangerpeak 2022
- Boazpeak 2023
- Mahirpeak 2024
- Zamirpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.