Girls' name · since 1940
Karolynn
271 babies named Karolynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1940
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karolynn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 271 recorded since 1940.
Karolynn has 271 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2022.
- #16,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 271 born since 1940
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karolynn ranks #16,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 271 born since 1940, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 271
- born since 1940
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karolynn's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Karolynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karolynn's full recorded timeline at 1995, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karolynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2022
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Karolynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Karolynn's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Karolynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (24% of all-time use).
Karolynn by state
Where Karolynn concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 271 births nationwide.
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What to do with Karolynn's data
- Karolynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karolynns (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karolynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1940–2022 (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 Karolynn 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.