Karilyn
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 12 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 897since 1934
Karilyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karilyn has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five girls were named Karilyn! It came in at #3,802, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1937, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karilyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karilyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karilyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1941 at #2,532 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 2 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 47,871
- Highest: 1 in 47,871 girls born in 1978 were named Karilyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,532 in 1941, was only 1 in 100,677 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 19.2% of all girls named Karilyn (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 23 | #2,736 (1939) | #3,329 |
| 1940s | 78 | #2,532 (1941) | #3,591 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,760 (1959) | #3,648 |
| 1960s | 109 | #3,438 (1962) | #4,227 |
| 1970s | 129 | #2,629 (1978) | #5,039 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,233 (1984) | #4,808 |
| 1990s | 117 | #5,549 (1990) | #7,622 |
| 2000s | 99 | #6,885 (2003) | #9,884 |
| 2010s | 50 | #10,374 (2011) | #13,215 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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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