Charlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAR-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Charlyn 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 Charlyn mean?
Germanic: variant of Charlene, a feminine form of Charles
“free man”
Variant of Charlene, a feminine form of Charles, which comes from the Germanic name Karl.
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Is Charlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlyn 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 Charlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Charlyn, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1947, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Charlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,468 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,647 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,437 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,400 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Charlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robin Carolyn Linda Jocelyn Heidi Alison Marilyn Susan Rosalyn Karla Michelle Carmen
Names related to Charlyn
More Germanic names
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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, “Charlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlyn, updated 20 October 2026.