Karlyn — #11162 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karlyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,368 babies named Karlyn between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlyn currently holds the #11162 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Karlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Karlyn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlyn 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 2,368 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.