Carlyn
Carlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 952nd, in 1943.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199274 births
- Best rank
- #952in 1943
- Since 1900
- 4,294people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,294 girls have been named Carlyn in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 74 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1990s alone account for 14%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 105 | |
| 1920s | 184 | |
| 1930s | 270 | |
| 1940s | 486 | |
| 1950s | 417 | |
| 1960s | 437 | |
| 1970s | 320 | |
| 1980s | 567 | |
| 1990s | 614 | |
| 2000s | 505 | |
| 2010s | 302 | |
| 2020s | 65 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Carlyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Carlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janiecepeak 1993
- Janettpeak 1991
- Sulemapeak 1996
- Priscillapeak 1942
- Jacquelynepeak 1961
- Prescillapeak 1991
- Juliennepeak 1960
- Lucilapeak 1982
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.