Karalyn
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,601since 1941
Karalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karalyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 |
| 2010 | #3,961 | 38 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #3,469 | 46 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five girls were named Karalyn! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karalyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karalyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karalyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,411 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #8,860)
- 2,535 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #8,860)
- 4,135 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1996 at #2,672 (46 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 16 yrs 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 38,109
- Highest: 1 in 38,109 girls born in 1996 were named Karalyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 23.2% of all girls named Karalyn (371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 35 | #4,054 (1944) | #4,374 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,377 (1957) | #5,377 |
| 1960s | 100 | #3,149 (1965) | #4,234 |
| 1970s | 160 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,261 |
| 1980s | 249 | #2,986 (1981) | #3,556 |
| 1990s | 371 | #2,672 (1996) | #3,174 |
| 2000s | 359 | #3,334 (2000) | #4,043 |
| 2010s | 248 | #3,961 (2010) | #5,882 |
| 2020s | 73 | #6,325 (2020) | #8,833 |
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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