Caralyn
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,148since 1937
Caralyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Caralyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five girls were named Caralyn! It came in at #4,255, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Caralyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Caralyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Caralyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5,996 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #13,208)
- 7,750 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1945 at #2,598 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 53,544
- Highest: 1 in 53,544 girls born in 1998 were named Caralyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,598 in 1945, was only 1 in 108,924 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 18.8% of all girls named Caralyn (216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,842 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,598 (1945) | #3,990 |
| 1950s | 76 | #3,747 (1958) | #4,541 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,839 (1961) | #3,889 |
| 1970s | 93 | #3,712 (1970) | #6,508 |
| 1980s | 162 | #3,555 (1983) | #4,824 |
| 1990s | 192 | #3,573 (1998) | #5,391 |
| 2000s | 216 | #4,482 (2009) | #5,904 |
| 2010s | 188 | #4,543 (2013) | #6,900 |
| 2020s | 30 | #7,212 (2020) | #10,244 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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