Girls' name · since 1963
Caralynn
326 babies named Caralynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 326
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
326 girls have been named Caralynn since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Caralynn has 326 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2024.
- #15,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 326 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caralynn ranks #15,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 326 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 326
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Caralynn's 326 recorded births place it above 78.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caralynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caralynn's full recorded timeline at 2004, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caralynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Caralynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Caralynn's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Caralynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Caralynn's data
- Caralynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caralynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caralynn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.