Karyl
Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 95 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,106since 1923
Karyl over time
Rank among girls' names. Karyl has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,167 | 30 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #1,622 | 48 |
| 1964 | #1,559 | 53 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 |
| 1961 | #1,360 | 67 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,244 | 74 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 72 |
| 1957 | #1,116 | 88 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,410 | 48 |
| 1952 | #1,147 | 68 |
| 1951 | #1,266 | 54 |
| 1950 | #1,001 | 83 |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 |
| 1946 | #985 | 72 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 |
| 1944 | #785 | 95 |
| 1943 | #898 | 75 |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 |
| 1941 | #1,020 | 51 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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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 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#341 · 1 in 3,318
- Iowa#364 · 1 in 4,895
- Illinois#568 · 1 in 9,770
- Pennsylvania#759 · 1 in 19,850
- New York#849 · 1 in 22,088
Best ever in a state: #289 in Wisconsin, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #341 | 5 | 1 in 3,318 |
| Iowa | #364 | 5 | 1 in 4,895 |
| Illinois | #568 | 8 | 1 in 9,770 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 5 | 1 in 19,850 |
| New York | #849 | 6 | 1 in 22,088 |
| California | #1,008 | 5 | 1 in 19,858 |
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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 Karyl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1943 (#1,065 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1946 (#830 → #985)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1944 at #785 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1943–1946
- 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%)
- 30.2% of all girls named Karyl (636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 48 | #2,921 (1929) | #4,113 |
| 1930s | 158 | #1,507 (1936) | #2,168 |
| 1940s | 636 | #785 (1944) | #1,048 |
| 1950s | 631 | #1,001 (1950) | #1,289 |
| 1960s | 420 | #1,360 (1961) | #1,930 |
| 1970s | 120 | #3,030 (1970) | #5,388 |
| 1980s | 64 | #7,398 (1984) | #9,275 |
| 1990s | 29 | #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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 21,824 of them was named Karyl, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).