Girls' name · since 1949
Karyne
Karyne has 21 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Karyne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1949.
Karyne has 21 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2000.
- #45,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karyne ranks #45,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #45,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Karyne's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karyne's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1963 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2000
- Peak year (1963)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Karyne by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (6 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Karyne's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Karyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 6 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Karyne's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1949–2000 (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 Karyne 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.