Karalyn
Girl · KAIR-uh-lin · Germanic
Karalyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Karalyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carolyn, a form of Caroline
“free man”
Caroline is a feminine of Charles, from the Germanic word karl.
- Say it
- KAIR-uh-lin
Is Karalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Karalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Karalyn, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Karalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Nicknames for Karalyn
- Kara 36 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Karalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brooklyn Cassidy Kaitlyn Brynn Kiara Teagan Devyn Keeley Rhiannon Kennedy Brianna Ashlyn
Names related to Karalyn
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