Carlyne — girls' name
207 babies named Carlyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Carlyne was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Carlyne in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Carlyne between 1918 and 2003, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlyne performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Carlyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlyne 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 207 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.
Carlyne at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carlyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1918
- Peak year (1936)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
207 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 11 births in a single year.
Carlyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 56 births that decade — 27% of Carlyne's all-time total
Carlyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Carlyne's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.