Caryn
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 492 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,182since 1939
Caryn over time
Rank among girls' names. Caryn has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #4,195 | 33 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 |
| 1994 | #1,663 | 90 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 |
| 1992 | #1,774 | 82 |
| 1991 | #1,352 | 121 |
| 1990 | #1,347 | 118 |
| 1989 | #1,213 | 133 |
| 1988 | #816 | 223 |
| 1987 | #866 | 196 |
| 1986 | #851 | 195 |
| 1985 | #987 | 154 |
| 1984 | #997 | 145 |
| 1983 | #947 | 156 |
| 1982 | #840 | 186 |
| 1981 | #712 | 234 |
| 1980 | #685 | 252 |
| 1979 | #670 | 259 |
| 1978 | #515 | 362 |
| 1977 | #564 | 311 |
| 1976 | #584 | 280 |
| 1975 | #598 | 269 |
| 1974 | #566 | 284 |
| 1973 | #557 | 295 |
| 1972 | #581 | 281 |
| 1971 | #510 | 368 |
| 1970 | #526 | 362 |
| 1969 | #504 | 373 |
| 1968 | #537 | 319 |
| 1967 | #572 | 274 |
| 1966 | #477 | 387 |
| 1965 | #421 | 492 |
| 1964 | #529 | 344 |
| 1963 | #572 | 294 |
| 1962 | #582 | 289 |
| 1961 | #563 | 312 |
| 1960 | #614 | 267 |
| 1959 | #555 | 308 |
| 1958 | #594 | 279 |
| 1957 | #611 | 255 |
| 1956 | #584 | 259 |
| 1955 | #652 | 206 |
| 1954 | #613 | 219 |
| 1953 | #652 | 189 |
| 1952 | #627 | 197 |
| 1951 | #648 | 181 |
| 1950 | #650 | 172 |
| 1949 | #675 | 153 |
| 1948 | #881 | 97 |
| 1947 | #1,031 | 74 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caryn! It came in at #3,782, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Caryn is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#179 · 1 in 1,009
- Massachusetts#216 · 1 in 1,432
- Minnesota#256 · 1 in 1,847
- Colorado#288 · 1 in 1,445
- New Jersey#304 · 1 in 2,154
Best ever in a state: #179 in New Hampshire, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #179 | 5 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Massachusetts | #216 | 33 | 1 in 1,432 |
| Minnesota | #256 | 17 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Colorado | #288 | 11 | 1 in 1,445 |
| New Jersey | #304 | 25 | 1 in 2,154 |
| New York | #308 | 76 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Illinois | #309 | 43 | 1 in 2,123 |
| Wisconsin | #356 | 10 | 1 in 3,663 |
| Connecticut | #377 | 7 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Pennsylvania | #381 | 27 | 1 in 3,444 |
| Missouri | #387 | 11 | 1 in 3,311 |
| Ohio | #396 | 24 | 1 in 3,668 |
| Kentucky | #409 | 7 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Michigan | #411 | 18 | 1 in 4,100 |
| California | #420 | 57 | 1 in 2,836 |
| Washington | #434 | 7 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Virginia | #473 | 8 | 1 in 4,559 |
| Florida | #499 | 10 | 1 in 4,440 |
| Georgia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 5,835 |
| Indiana | #576 | 6 | 1 in 7,162 |
| Alabama | #579 | 5 | 1 in 5,899 |
| Texas | #590 | 19 | 1 in 5,048 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caryn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1949 (#881 → #675)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1989 (#816 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1965 at #421 (492 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1948–1988
- Highest: 1 in 3,588 girls born in 1965 were named Caryn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 27.5% of all girls named Caryn (3,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,782 (1939) | #3,782 |
| 1940s | 501 | #675 (1949) | #1,517 |
| 1950s | 2,265 | #555 (1959) | #619 |
| 1960s | 3,351 | #421 (1965) | #537 |
| 1970s | 3,071 | #510 (1971) | #567 |
| 1980s | 1,874 | #685 (1980) | #891 |
| 1990s | 749 | #1,347 (1990) | #2,112 |
| 2000s | 266 | #3,216 (2000) | #5,497 |
| 2010s | 99 | #6,855 (2011) | #10,463 |
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.
Caryn in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 3,588 of them was named Caryn, which outranked 94.4% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).