Girls' name · since 1966
Karelyn
Since 1966, U.S. Social Security records show 197 babies named Karelyn, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
197 babies have been named Karelyn since 1966, making it today's #13488 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karelyn has been recorded 197 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #13488 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #19,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,488 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 1966
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karelyn ranks #19,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,488 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 197 born since 1966, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karelyn's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karelyn compares
197 36th percentile among 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
Karelyn's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karelyn's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Karelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Karelyn's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Karelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Karelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Karelyn 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.