Charlynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAR-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Charlynn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Charlynn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Charlyn, itself a 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.
Meaning borrowed from Charlyn. More on Wiktionary.
Is Charlynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Charlynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Charlynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Charlynn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Charlynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Charlynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Charlynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robin, Heidi, Karla, Carolyn, Linda, Amy, Lauren, Bridget, Alison, Penny, Karen, Allison
Names related to Charlynn
Charlene, Carolynn, Coralynn, Carlyn, Carlynn, Charline, Karlynn
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, “Charlynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/charlynn, updated 20 October 2026.