Carlyn
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
- Given to girls 98.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,306since 1900
Carlyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carlyn has never cracked the top 900 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,894 | 74 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,054 | 61 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,859 | 38 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,183 | 58 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,165 | 54 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 | — | |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,210 | 38 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five girls were named Carlyn! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carlyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Carlyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Carlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 3,048 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1943
- Biggest drop: 53 spots in 1944
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1943 at #952 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,519
- Highest: 1 in 20,519 girls born in 1943 were named Carlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 14.3% of all girls named Carlyn (614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | #1,862 (1908) | #1,907 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,883 (1913) | #2,158 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,555 (1929) | #2,115 |
| 1930s | 270 | #1,210 (1930) | #1,470 |
| 1940s | 486 | #952 (1943) | #1,205 |
| 1950s | 417 | #1,294 (1950) | #1,586 |
| 1960s | 437 | #1,525 (1962) | #1,766 |
| 1970s | 320 | #1,986 (1975) | #2,543 |
| 1980s | 567 | #1,678 (1987) | #1,984 |
| 1990s | 614 | #1,894 (1992) | #2,253 |
| 2000s | 505 | #2,332 (2000) | #3,142 |
| 2010s | 302 | #3,918 (2013) | #4,715 |
| 2020s | 77 | #5,314 (2020) | #7,453 |
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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