Karolyn
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 149 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,957since 1912
Karolyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Karolyn has never cracked the top 500 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 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 |
| 2005 | #3,404 | 44 |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 |
| 1997 | #2,481 | 52 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,573 | 48 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 |
| 1988 | #2,419 | 45 |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 |
| 1983 | #2,236 | 43 |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,804 | 56 |
| 1977 | #1,429 | 78 |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,532 | 63 |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 |
| 1972 | #1,502 | 63 |
| 1971 | #1,456 | 71 |
| 1970 | #1,315 | 81 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 |
| 1968 | #1,301 | 72 |
| 1967 | #1,269 | 72 |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 |
| 1965 | #996 | 109 |
| 1964 | #1,145 | 92 |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 |
| 1962 | #1,050 | 106 |
| 1961 | #1,108 | 98 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 |
| 1958 | #1,233 | 74 |
| 1957 | #1,100 | 90 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 |
| 1955 | #1,303 | 60 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 |
| 1952 | #946 | 97 |
| 1951 | #938 | 97 |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 |
| 1949 | #820 | 114 |
| 1948 | #777 | 122 |
| 1947 | #691 | 148 |
| 1946 | #613 | 167 |
| 1945 | #634 | 132 |
| 1944 | #635 | 133 |
| 1943 | #605 | 154 |
| 1942 | #658 | 129 |
| 1941 | #571 | 149 |
| 1940 | #669 | 107 |
| 1939 | #664 | 105 |
| 1938 | #792 | 79 |
| 1937 | #856 | 65 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karolyn! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Karolyn is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#122 · 1 in 639
- Idaho#176 · 1 in 875
- Iowa#196 · 1 in 1,563
- Nebraska#226 · 1 in 1,798
- Indiana#279 · 1 in 2,878
Best ever in a state: #122 in Kansas, 1941.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #122 | 20 | 1 in 639 |
| Idaho | #176 | 5 | 1 in 875 |
| Iowa | #196 | 13 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Nebraska | #226 | 5 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Indiana | #279 | 10 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Wisconsin | #316 | 6 | 1 in 4,168 |
| Michigan | #319 | 12 | 1 in 3,989 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,377 |
| Illinois | #528 | 7 | 1 in 8,731 |
| California | #594 | 7 | 1 in 7,964 |
| Ohio | #595 | 5 | 1 in 11,433 |
| New York | #602 | 8 | 1 in 12,057 |
| Pennsylvania | #632 | 5 | 1 in 15,712 |
| Texas | #695 | 8 | 1 in 7,969 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Karolyn
- 710 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #6,325)
- 304 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #6,325)
- 89 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #6,325)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1937 (#1,081 → #856)
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1953 (#946 → #1,082)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1941 at #571 (149 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1937–1952
- Highest: 1 in 8,108 girls born in 1941 were named Karolyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all girls named Karolyn (1,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | #2,519 (1918) | #3,557 |
| 1920s | 111 | #2,076 (1926) | #3,052 |
| 1930s | 472 | #664 (1939) | #1,200 |
| 1940s | 1,355 | #571 (1941) | #667 |
| 1950s | 791 | #927 (1950) | #1,132 |
| 1960s | 869 | #996 (1965) | #1,176 |
| 1970s | 651 | #1,315 (1970) | #1,571 |
| 1980s | 470 | #1,935 (1981) | #2,232 |
| 1990s | 468 | #2,128 (1992) | #2,737 |
| 2000s | 360 | #3,256 (2001) | #4,002 |
| 2010s | 252 | #4,001 (2018) | #5,503 |
| 2020s | 111 | #5,465 (2022) | #6,375 |
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.
Karolyn in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 8,108 of them was named Karolyn, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.