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.

Karlyn

#3,975 most common girls' name of all time · #6,797 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among girls
#3,975
Rank overall
#6,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
2,392
Since 2016
175
Peak year
1992 #2,496
Best rank
#1,795 1968
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
19401960198020002020

Karlyn first appears in 1924. 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 17 — 17 #6,594
2024 8 — 8 #11,240
2023 10 — 10 #9,698
2022 13 — 13 #8,120
2021 7 — 7 #12,354
2020 12 — 12 #8,490
2019 25 — 25 #5,186
2018 27 — 27 #4,911
2017 24 — 24 #5,367
2016 32 — 32 #4,447
2015 23 — 23 #5,684
2014 19 — 19 #6,498
2013 26 — 26 #5,180
2012 26 — 26 #5,277
2011 25 — 25 #5,392
2010 31 — 31 #4,624
2009 27 — 27 #5,253
2008 36 — 36 #4,286
2007 27 — 27 #5,263
2006 30 — 30 #4,708
2005 30 — 30 #4,515
2004 32 — 32 #4,305
2003 25 — 25 #4,968
2002 40 — 40 #3,413
2001 43 — 43 #3,208
2000 46 — 46 #3,030
1999 29 — 29 #3,993
1998 34 — 34 #3,513
1997 36 — 36 #3,242
1996 33 7 40 #3,451
1995 45 — 45 #2,698
1994 45 — 45 #2,711
1993 35 — 35 #3,235
1992 51 — 51 #2,496
1991 48 — 48 #2,559
1990 41 — 41 #2,818
1989 25 — 25 #3,933
1988 34 — 34 #3,000
1987 32 — 32 #2,992
1986 38 — 38 #2,583
1985 38 — 38 #2,564
1984 23 — 23 #3,554
1983 24 — 24 #3,365
1982 20 — 20 #3,941
1981 25 — 25 #3,377
1980 22 — 22 #3,643
1979 15 — 15 #4,678
1978 29 — 29 #2,824
1977 15 — 15 #4,489
1976 21 — 21 #3,330
1975 23 — 23 #3,098
1974 29 — 29 #2,585
1973 17 — 17 #3,690
1972 24 — 24 #2,855
1971 35 — 35 #2,269
1970 24 — 24 #2,895
1969 26 — 26 #2,612
1968 44 — 44 #1,795
1967 24 — 24 #2,524
1966 29 — 29 #2,225
1965 30 — 30 #2,185
1964 33 — 33 #2,096
1963 36 — 36 #1,971
1962 23 — 23 #2,578
1961 29 — 29 #2,234
1960 26 — 26 #2,348
1959 30 — 30 #2,087
1958 18 — 18 #2,805
1957 30 — 30 #2,015
1956 24 — 24 #2,294
1955 17 — 17 #2,794
1954 17 — 17 #2,751
1953 21 — 21 #2,344
1952 22 — 22 #2,247
1951 22 — 22 #2,167
1950 22 — 22 #2,099
1949 17 — 17 #2,489
1948 26 — 26 #1,888
1947 25 — 25 #1,983
1946 23 — 23 #1,954
1945 15 — 15 #2,317
1944 20 — 20 #1,958
1943 20 — 20 #1,986
1942 9 — 9 #3,393
1941 13 — 13 #2,516
1940 18 — 18 #1,958
1939 14 — 14 #2,286
1938 16 — 16 #2,104
1937 11 — 11 #2,716
1936 17 — 17 #1,941
1935 15 — 15 #2,200
1934 8 — 8 #3,426
1933 7 — 7 #3,713
1932 12 — 12 #2,640
1924 5 — 5 #5,822