Karelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAIR-a-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Karelyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Karelyn come from?
Modern: variant of Carolyn, or Karen with -lyn
Is Karelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Karelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Karelyn, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Karelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Karelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Braelynn Teagan Eowyn Kennedy Brooklyn Raelynn Londyn Kayden Addilyn Brylee Madilyn
Names related to Karelyn
Karolyn Karalyn Karlyn Koralyn Karalynn Karlin Karlene Karlynn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Karelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karelyn, updated 20 October 2026.