Caralyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-uh-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Caralyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Caralyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Karalyn, itself a spelling of Carolyn, a form of Caroline
“free man”
Caroline is a feminine of Charles, from the Germanic word karl.
Meaning borrowed from Karalyn.
Is Caralyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Caralyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caralyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Caralyn, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Caralyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caralyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
Nicknames for Caralyn
- Kara 36 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Caralyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Brooklyn Brynn Teagan Devyn Kaitlyn Rhiannon Ashlyn Keeley Eden Brianna Mckenna
Names related to Caralyn
Carolyn Carolynn Carlin Coralyn Caraline Carlyn Karalyn Carlynn
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caralyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caralyn, updated 20 October 2026.