Girls' name · since 1941
Karalyn
Since 1941, U.S. Social Security records show 1,601 babies named Karalyn, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,929 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,601
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karalyn currently ranks #8929 among girls' names in America, with 1,601 babies recorded since 1941.
Karalyn has 1,601 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8929 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 2025.
- #5,467 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,929 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,601 born since 1941
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karalyn ranks #5,467 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,929 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,601 born since 1941, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,467 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,929 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,601
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karalyn's 1,601 recorded births place it above 92.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Karalyn compares
1,601 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Karalyn's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karalyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,601 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karalyn splits its recorded history at 1990: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1941 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Karalyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (371 births, 23% of the file).
1990s was Karalyn's strongest decade.
371 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Karalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 35
1940s
35 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 100
1960s
100 births
- 1970s
1970s
160 births
- 1980s
1980s
249 births
- 1990s
1990s
371 births
- 2000s
2000s
359 births
- 2010s
2010s
248 births
- 2020s 73
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 371 births (23% of all-time use).
How Karalyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Karalyn's total volume
Karalyn by state
Where Karalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 42 | 2.6% |
| #2 | California | | 35 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.3% |
42 of 1,601 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Karalyn appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karalyn's data
- Karalyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (371 total births); usage has since declined to 73 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Karalyns (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Karalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~84 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, 1941–2025 (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 Karalyn 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.