Karyn

Where Karyn comes from

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Karyn
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1932
    First appearance
    #3,901 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Peak, #394
    607 babies named Karyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    Karyn Parsons born
    American actress, author, and comedian
  4. 1968
    Karyn Kusama born
    American film director
  5. 1979
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #632.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Karyn Parsons · American actress, author, and comedian, born 1966
  • Karyn Kusama · American film director, born 1968
  • Karyn White · American singer, born 1965
  • Karyn Kupcinet · American actress, 1941–1963
  • Karyn Dwyer · Canadian actress, 1975–2018

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.