Karyl

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724

Peak · girls
1944 · 95 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,106
since 1923

Karyl over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karyl has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #785, 1944girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1997#13,7245
1996#13,5185
1995#11,7836
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1991#10,2717
1990#11,4096
1989#10,8476
1988#8,3918
1987#7,9878
1986#8,5237
1985#9,3076
1984#7,3988
1983#10,2755
1982#10,5175
1981#9,1106
1980#10,3925
1979#5,75111
1978#6,9488
1977#6,3409
1976#6,0489
1975#4,37014
1974#8,7755
1973#4,87111
1972#4,09114
1971#3,65217
1970#3,03022
1969#2,20833
1968#3,05718
1967#2,16730
1966#2,45324
1965#1,62248
1964#1,55953
1963#1,68346
1962#1,75742
1961#1,36067
1960#1,43059
1959#1,24474
1958#1,25372
1957#1,11688
1956#1,41355
1955#1,48047
1954#1,56042
1953#1,41048
1952#1,14768
1951#1,26654
1950#1,00183
1949#1,21056
1948#1,20956
1947#1,10665
1946#98572
1945#83082
1944#78595
1943#89875
1942#1,06554
1941#1,02051
1940#1,37430
1939#1,94717
1938#2,02116
1937#1,99916
1936#1,50724
1935#1,84518
1934#1,83418
1933#2,05215
1932#3,5687
1931#2,9729
1930#1,93418
1929#2,92110
1928#3,7437
1927#3,5618
1926#3,5648
1925#4,9735
1924#5,0615
1923#4,9675
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Karyl! It came in at #4,967, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992–1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Karyl is popular in 1923

No state had 5 or more girls named Karyl in 1923, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Karyl
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1943 (#1,065 → #898)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1946 (#830 → #985)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1944 at #785 (95 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1943–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,971
  • Highest: 1 in 13,971 girls born in 1944 were named Karyl (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 348,142 girls born in 1997 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Karyl (636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s48#2,921 (1929)#4,113
1930s158#1,507 (1936)#2,168
1940s636#785 (1944)#1,048
1950s631#1,001 (1950)#1,289
1960s420#1,360 (1961)#1,930
1970s120#3,030 (1970)#5,388
1980s64#7,398 (1984)#9,275
1990s29#10,271 (1991)#12,141

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.

Karyl in 1923

girls
#4,967
5 births · 1 in 241,273 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #4,967Karyl5
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 241,273 of them was named Karyl, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karyl
  1. #4,376Zoma6
  2. #4,376Zonia6
  3. #4,376Zorka6
  4. #4,967Karyl5
  5. #4,967Adala5
  6. #4,967Adelma5
  7. #4,967Adia5

Tied with 772 names at #4,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →