Charlyn
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,829since 1915
Charlyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Charlyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
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| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Charlyn! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Charlyn is popular in 1956
No state had 5 or more girls named Charlyn in 1956, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Charlyn
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- 3,107 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #14,942)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1944 at #1,401 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,219 girls born in 1944 were named Charlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Charlyn (310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,713 (1917) | #3,994 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,194 (1928) | #3,537 |
| 1930s | 130 | #1,544 (1939) | #2,477 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,401 (1944) | #1,651 |
| 1950s | 310 | #1,452 (1950) | #1,923 |
| 1960s | 265 | #1,989 (1962) | #2,383 |
| 1970s | 221 | #2,427 (1971) | #3,283 |
| 1980s | 217 | #3,147 (1981) | #3,985 |
| 1990s | 127 | #5,051 (1992) | #7,382 |
| 2000s | 104 | #7,092 (2007) | #10,194 |
| 2010s | 76 | #7,031 (2013) | #11,288 |
| 2020s | 18 | #11,231 (2022) | #13,754 |
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.
Charlyn in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 64,765 of them was named Charlyn, which outranked 72.0% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,897Sunny32
- #1,897Teresita32
- #1,897Valli32
- #1,931Charlyn31
- #1,931Alpha31
- #1,931Berniece31
- #1,931Conni31
- #1,968Ardell30
- #1,968Ardella30
- #1,968Arletha30
Tied with 36 names at #1,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.