Carlynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAR-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Carlynn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Carlynn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carlyn, itself a variant of Carolyn
“free man”
A shortened form of Carolyn, itself a variant of Caroline.
Meaning borrowed from Carlyn.
Is Carlynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Carlynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carlynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Carlynn, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had fewer girls named Carlynn than any year since 1978.
Half of all the girls named Carlynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carlynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Names like Carlynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Teagan Brooklyn Cassidy Raelynn Braelynn Eden Reagan Devyn Kaitlyn Brynlee Rowan
Names related to Carlynn
Carolyn Carolynn Coralynn Carlin Coralyn Carlyn Karalynn Carlene
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, “Carlynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carlynn, updated 20 October 2026.