Carlyn — #6389 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Carlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,294 babies named Carlyn between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlyn currently holds the #6389 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 614 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Carlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 242 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlyn in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlyn 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 4,294 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.