Karelyn — #15624 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Karelyn between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karelyn currently holds the #15624 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karelyn 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 191 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.