Karalyn — #10358 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,589 babies named Karalyn between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karalyn currently holds the #10358 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karalyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Karalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Karalyn in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karalyn 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 1,589 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.