Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carlyn

#2,695 most common girls' name of all time · #4,595 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among girls
#2,695
Rank overall
#4,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
4,373
Since 2016
173
Peak year
1994 #1,930
Best rank
#960 1943
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carlyn first appears in 1900. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 — 12 #8,393
2024 18 — 18 #6,419
2022 14 — 14 #7,651
2021 10 — 10 #9,622
2020 23 — 23 #5,326
2019 20 — 20 #6,000
2018 20 — 20 #6,037
2017 28 — 28 #4,825
2016 28 — 28 #4,866
2015 31 — 31 #4,494
2014 33 — 33 #4,361
2013 38 — 38 #3,926
2012 38 — 38 #3,992
2011 33 — 33 #4,365
2010 33 — 33 #4,407
2009 44 — 44 #3,626
2008 44 — 44 #3,657
2007 45 — 45 #3,607
2006 42 — 42 #3,675
2005 46 — 46 #3,320
2004 57 — 57 #2,814
2003 48 — 48 #3,094
2002 56 — 56 #2,712
2001 57 — 57 #2,643
2000 66 — 66 #2,338
1999 52 — 52 #2,682
1998 42 — 42 #3,026
1997 63 — 63 #2,179
1996 57 — 57 #2,316
1995 58 — 58 #2,286
1994 73 5 78 #1,930
1993 72 — 72 #1,945
1992 74 — 74 #1,896
1991 68 — 68 #2,016
1990 55 — 55 #2,296
1989 61 — 61 #2,055
1988 67 — 67 #1,844
1987 72 — 72 #1,683
1986 62 — 62 #1,821
1985 69 — 69 #1,682
1984 59 — 59 #1,817
1983 47 — 47 #2,108
1982 45 — 45 #2,229
1981 47 — 47 #2,165
1980 38 — 38 #2,497
1979 26 — 26 #3,161
1978 28 — 28 #2,882
1977 26 — 26 #3,019
1976 35 — 35 #2,341
1975 44 — 44 #1,996
1974 31 — 31 #2,449
1973 28 — 28 #2,573
1972 22 — 22 #2,991
1971 38 — 38 #2,146
1970 42 — 42 #1,990
1969 36 — 36 #2,110
1968 39 — 39 #1,918
1967 45 — 45 #1,713
1966 38 — 38 #1,866
1965 50 — 50 #1,580
1964 43 — 43 #1,789
1963 40 — 40 #1,851
1962 54 — 54 #1,529
1961 53 — 53 #1,557
1960 39 — 39 #1,824
1959 40 — 40 #1,749
1958 32 — 32 #1,956
1957 42 5 47 #1,660
1956 51 — 51 #1,489
1955 42 — 42 #1,587
1954 39 — 39 #1,630
1953 41 — 41 #1,538
1952 43 — 43 #1,476
1951 37 — 37 #1,566
1950 50 — 50 #1,298
1949 36 — 36 #1,558
1948 39 — 39 #1,488
1947 58 — 58 #1,188
1946 54 — 54 #1,171
1945 47 — 47 #1,151
1944 60 — 60 #1,013
1943 68 — 68 #960
1942 52 — 52 #1,096
1941 38 8 46 #1,232
1940 34 5 39 #1,285
1939 30 6 36 #1,368
1938 27 10 37 #1,458
1937 32 — 32 #1,297
1936 32 5 37 #1,284
1935 24 — 24 #1,533
1934 20 — 20 #1,745
1933 24 5 29 #1,540
1932 26 — 26 #1,505
1931 17 6 23 #1,982
1930 38 — 38 #1,225
1929 25 5 30 #1,584
1928 19 — 19 #1,996
1927 24 — 24 #1,751
1926 19 — 19 #2,042
1925 19 — 19 #2,085
1924 21 7 28 #1,960
1923 14 — 14 #2,536
1922 11 — 11 #3,042
1921 16 — 16 #2,336
1920 16 — 16 #2,319
1919 17 — 17 #2,117
1918 15 — 15 #2,341
1917 17 — 17 #2,066
1916 17 — 17 #2,011
1915 15 — 15 #2,111
1914 8 — 8 #2,765
1913 11 — 11 #1,997
1910 5 — 5 #2,605
1909 6 — 6 #2,122
1908 6 — 6 #2,032
1904 5 — 5 #2,091
1900 5 — 5 #2,155