Carlynn — #10343 US girls' name
820 babies named Carlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Carlynn was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Carlynn in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carlynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 820 babies named Carlynn between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlynn currently holds the #10343 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carlynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carlynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carlynn 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 820 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.
Carlynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Carlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (2017)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #10343 among girls.
820 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 25 births in a single year.
Carlynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 23% of Carlynn's all-time total
Carlynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 126 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Carlynn's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Carlynn by state
Where Carlynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
6 of 820 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1922–2024 (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.