Girls' name · since 1924
Karlyn
Karlyn has 2,385 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,385
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Karlyn is the #6588 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,385 recorded since 1924.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlyn has been recorded 2,385 times among girls since 1924, currently ranked #6588 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #4,174 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,385 born since 1924
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlyn ranks #4,174 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,385 born since 1924, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,174 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,385
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karlyn's 2,385 recorded births place it above 94.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karlyn compares
2,385 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Karlyn's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,385 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karlyn splits its recorded history at 1978: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karlyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Karlyn popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1996 (Karlyn as boys' name)
Karlyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (397 births, 17% of the file).
1990s was Karlyn's strongest decade.
397 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Karlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 100
1930s
100 births
- 1940s
1940s
186 births
- 1950s
1950s
223 births
- 1960s
1960s
300 births
- 1970s
1970s
232 births
- 1980s
1980s
281 births
- 1990s
1990s
397 births
- 2000s
2000s
336 births
- 2010s
2010s
258 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 397 births (17% of all-time use).
How Karlyn 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 Karlyn's total volume
Karlyn by state
Where Karlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 68 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 7 | 0.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.2% |
68 of 2,385 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Karlyn's data
- Karlyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (397 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karlyns (68 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Karlyn 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.