Karyn — #12239 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,135 babies named Karyn between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karyn currently holds the #12239 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 607 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,311 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Karyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,687 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Karyn in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karyn 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 14,135 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.