Charlyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,824 babies named Charlyn between 1915 and 2022, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charlyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Charlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Charlyn in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charlyn 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 1,824 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.