Karlyn

Where Karlyn comes from

The dictionaries list Karlyn as a given name — a female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Carolyn and Carlene — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #5,061 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Peak, #1,776
    44 babies named Karlyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,635.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Carolyn and Carlene.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.