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Karlyn

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Karlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
80.00% of girls
Peak year
199251 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1924
2,368people given the name
Babies named Karlyn, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,368 girls have been named Karlyn in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 51 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1990s alone account for 17%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Karlyn
1920s5
1930s100
1940s186
1950s223
1960s300
1970s232
1980s281
1990s397
2000s336
2010s258
2020s50

In 1992, its biggest year

Karlyn 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 Karlyn

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.