Carilyn
#12,138 most common girls' name of all time · #20,120 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1935–2011
Rank among girls
#12,138
Rank overall
#20,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
425
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #2,936
Best rank
#2,438 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Carilyn first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,009 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,624 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,746 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,366 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,710 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,724 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,483 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,276 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,160 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,585 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,748 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,248 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,768 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,365 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,851 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,217 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,666 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,894 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,876 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,190 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,325 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,943 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,368 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,816 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,082 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,408 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,400 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,614 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,936 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,624 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,427 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,253 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,876 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,492 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,248 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,107 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,826 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,309 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,255 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,192 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,576 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,045 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,226 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,168 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,536 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,278 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,817 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,438 |