Karryn — girls' name
40 babies named Karryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
40 girls have been named Karryn since 1962, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2001.
- 40
- total births
- 1962–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Karryn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Karryn in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karryn
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Karryn between 1962 and 2001, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karryn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karryn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karryn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karryn 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 40 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.
Karryn at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1962
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
40 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 9 births in a single year.
Karryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 14 births that decade — 35% of Karryn's all-time total
Karryn decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Karryn's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.