Karyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 607 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,135since 1932
Karyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Karyn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,026 | 73 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,787 | 80 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,506 | 104 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,032 | 166 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,092 | 144 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,044 | 148 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,119 | 130 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,007 | 151 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,120 | 123 | — | |
| 1983 | #820 | 187 | — | |
| 1982 | #905 | 167 | — | |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | — | |
| 1980 | #650 | 281 | — | |
| 1979 | #632 | 275 | — | |
| 1978 | #565 | 307 | — | |
| 1977 | #502 | 372 | — | |
| 1976 | #532 | 329 | — | |
| 1975 | #519 | 340 | — | |
| 1974 | #508 | 342 | — | |
| 1973 | #475 | 378 | — | |
| 1972 | #471 | 384 | — | |
| 1971 | #430 | 484 | — | |
| 1970 | #459 | 460 | — | |
| 1969 | #467 | 427 | — | |
| 1968 | #442 | 463 | — | |
| 1967 | #455 | 436 | — | |
| 1966 | #465 | 417 | — | |
| 1965 | #412 | 510 | — | |
| 1964 | #394 | 607 | — | |
| 1963 | #416 | 539 | — | |
| 1962 | #474 | 415 | — | |
| 1961 | #637 | 255 | — | |
| 1960 | #651 | 242 | — | |
| 1959 | #660 | 230 | — | |
| 1958 | #664 | 221 | — | |
| 1957 | #662 | 220 | — | |
| 1956 | #665 | 208 | — | |
| 1955 | #783 | 151 | — | |
| 1954 | #739 | 156 | — | |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 | — | |
| 1952 | #757 | 138 | — | |
| 1951 | #664 | 173 | — | |
| 1950 | #586 | 206 | — | |
| 1949 | #624 | 176 | — | |
| 1948 | #623 | 176 | — | |
| 1947 | #612 | 188 | — | |
| 1946 | #831 | 99 | — | |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | — | |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,103 | 53 | — | |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karyn! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karyn is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#450 · 1 in 3,888
- New York#666 · 1 in 5,626
- Pennsylvania#693 · 1 in 7,682
- Illinois#720 · 1 in 6,636
- Ohio#734 · 1 in 8,637
Best ever in a state: #138 in New Hampshire, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #450 | 9 | 1 in 3,888 |
| New York | #666 | 19 | 1 in 5,626 |
| Pennsylvania | #693 | 9 | 1 in 7,682 |
| Illinois | #720 | 11 | 1 in 6,636 |
| Ohio | #734 | 8 | 1 in 8,637 |
| Florida | #738 | 10 | 1 in 6,526 |
| North Carolina | #749 | 5 | 1 in 7,111 |
| Georgia | #803 | 5 | 1 in 7,419 |
| California | #1,018 | 20 | 1 in 10,113 |
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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 Karyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1942 (#1,335 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1984 (#820 → #1,120)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1964 at #394 (607 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1944–1983
- Highest: 1 in 3,122 girls born in 1964 were named Karyn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Karyn (4,311) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 55 | #1,684 (1939) | #2,583 |
| 1940s | 967 | #612 (1947) | #941 |
| 1950s | 1,856 | #586 (1950) | #692 |
| 1960s | 4,311 | #394 (1964) | #481 |
| 1970s | 3,671 | #430 (1971) | #509 |
| 1980s | 1,710 | #650 (1980) | #955 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,180 (1990) | #1,742 |
| 2000s | 424 | #2,277 (2000) | #3,645 |
| 2010s | 185 | #5,108 (2010) | #6,923 |
| 2020s | 17 | #9,546 (2020) | #10,854 |
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.
Karyn in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 11,396 of them was named Karyn, which outranked 91.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,002Janessa152
- #1,002Nichelle152
- #1,002Therese152
- #1,007Karyn151
- #1,007Antionette151
- #1,007Brandee151
- #1,007Julissa151
- #1,011Porsha150
- #1,011Stephaine150
- #1,011Suzanna150
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.