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“From the surname Gatlin” — English origin
Boy's name · #1026 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Gatlin is near its high-water mark: it reached #725 in 2022 and still ranked #1026 in 2025. About 4,500 boys have carried it since 1981. In West Virginia it runs about 7× its national rate — and 4× across Arkansas and Mississippi. It is also an American family name — about 11,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Thatcher · Gadiel · Jaxxon · Karsyn · Rayden · Layton
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