Karyl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karyl

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,106 babies named Karyl between 1923 and 1997, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karyl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karyl performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 636 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karyl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Karyl in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karyl 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 2,106 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.