Karlyn
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,136
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,385since 1924
Karlyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Karlyn has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,943 | 25 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,488 | 51 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Karlyn! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karlyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Karlyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karlyn
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 4,576 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #6,546)
- 1,860 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #6,546)
- 893 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #6,546)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1968 at #1,776 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 5 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 36,156
- Highest: 1 in 36,156 girls born in 1992 were named Karlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,776 in 1968, was only 1 in 37,282 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 16.6% of all girls named Karlyn (397) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,061 (1924) | #5,061 |
| 1930s | 100 | #1,873 (1936) | #2,478 |
| 1940s | 186 | #1,858 (1948) | #2,173 |
| 1950s | 223 | #1,989 (1957) | #2,314 |
| 1960s | 300 | #1,776 (1968) | #2,226 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,247 (1971) | #3,231 |
| 1980s | 281 | #2,545 (1985) | #3,268 |
| 1990s | 397 | #2,488 (1992) | #3,057 |
| 2000s | 336 | #3,020 (2000) | #4,274 |
| 2010s | 258 | #4,423 (2016) | #5,228 |
| 2020s | 67 | #6,546 (2025) | #9,321 |
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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