Karalynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-uh-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Karalynn 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 Karalynn 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 Karalynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Karalynn 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 Karalynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Karalynn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Karalynn than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Karalynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karalynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Nicknames for Karalynn
- Kara 36 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Karalynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn, Teagan, Cassidy, Brooklyn, Kennedy, Kiara, Braelynn, Kaitlyn, Keeley, Mckenna, Devyn, Keegan
Names related to Karalynn
Karolyn, Koralynn, Karaline, Karalyn, Karlyn, Carlynn, Karlin, Karelyn
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, “Karalynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karalynn, updated 20 October 2026.