Caralyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caralyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,142 babies named Caralyn between 1937 and 2023, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caralyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caralyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Caralyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Caralyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caralyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.