Caryn

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539

Peak · girls
1965 · 492 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,182
since 1939

Caryn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Caryn has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #421, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2019#15,5395
2018—
2017#11,6158
2016#8,87512
2015#11,8358
2014#14,5586
2013#7,03117
2012#8,63213
2011#6,85518
2010#9,23112
2009#8,45414
2008#7,74216
2007#7,09218
2006#7,86815
2005#4,19533
2004#4,17233
2003#3,94634
2002#4,49827
2001#3,78534
2000#3,21642
1999#3,71832
1998#2,53054
1997#2,36056
1996#2,25359
1995#2,30957
1994#1,66390
1993#1,81580
1992#1,77482
1991#1,352121
1990#1,347118
1989#1,213133
1988#816223
1987#866196
1986#851195
1985#987154
1984#997145
1983#947156
1982#840186
1981#712234
1980#685252
1979#670259
1978#515362
1977#564311
1976#584280
1975#598269
1974#566284
1973#557295
1972#581281
1971#510368
1970#526362
1969#504373
1968#537319
1967#572274
1966#477387
1965#421492
1964#529344
1963#572294
1962#582289
1961#563312
1960#614267
1959#555308
1958#594279
1957#611255
1956#584259
1955#652206
1954#613219
1953#652189
1952#627197
1951#648181
1950#650172
1949#675153
1948#88197
1947#1,03174
1946#1,29045
1945#1,58827
1944#1,69824
1943#1,75124
1942#1,43832
1941#2,39713
1940#2,42412
1939#3,7826
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First appearance
1939

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 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #555 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,355 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #394 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,095 girlsMINew York: #445 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,909 girlsNYMassachusetts: #380 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,938 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedIAIndiana: #579 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,729 girlsINOhio: #562 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,778 girlsOHPennsylvania: #577 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,914 girlsPANew Jersey: #297 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,713 girlsNJConnecticut: #402 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,764 girlsCTCalifornia: #837 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,287 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,854 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedWVVirginia: #430 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,383 girlsVAMaryland: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,536 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedMSAlabama: #559 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,370 girlsALGeorgia: #713 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,193 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Caryn, so not publishedHITexas: #704 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,630 girlsTXFlorida: #505 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#297 · 1 in 1,713
  2. Massachusetts#380 · 1 in 2,938
  3. Michigan#394 · 1 in 3,095
  4. Connecticut#402 · 1 in 2,764
  5. Virginia#430 · 1 in 3,383

Best ever in a state: #179 in New Hampshire, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#297211 in 1,713
Massachusetts#380101 in 2,938
Michigan#394181 in 3,095
Connecticut#40251 in 2,764
Virginia#43081 in 3,383
New York#445351 in 2,909
Maryland#46051 in 3,536
Florida#505121 in 3,445
Missouri#54061 in 4,854
Illinois#555161 in 4,355
Alabama#55951 in 4,370
Ohio#562121 in 5,778
Pennsylvania#577111 in 5,914
Indiana#57961 in 5,729
Texas#704171 in 5,630
Georgia#71351 in 6,193
California#837191 in 7,287
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1949 (#881 → #675)
  • Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1989 (#816 → #1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1939
  • Peaked 1965 at #421 (492 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1948–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,588
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Caryn (3,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s6#3,782 (1939)#3,782
1940s501#675 (1949)#1,517
1950s2,265#555 (1959)#619
1960s3,351#421 (1965)#537
1970s3,071#510 (1971)#567
1980s1,874#685 (1980)#891
1990s749#1,347 (1990)#2,112
2000s266#3,216 (2000)#5,497
2010s99#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 1975

girls
#598
269 births · 1 in 5,420 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #598Caryn269
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 5,420 of them was named Caryn, which outranked 94.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caryn
  1. #594Delia271
  2. #596Georgina270
  3. #596Madeline270
  4. #598Caryn269
  5. #598Mona269
  6. #600Charmaine268
  7. #600Doreen268
  8. #602Corey267

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975 →