Karlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Karlyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Karlyn mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Carolyn and Carlene.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Karlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Karlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Karlyn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had more girls named Karlyn than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Karlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Names like Karlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jocelyn, Brooklyn, Heidi, Kaitlyn, Kenna, Kendall, Allison, Lauren, Kendra, Kayla, Robin, Alison
Names related to Karlyn
Karolina, Karoline, Karolyn, Koralynn, Karaline, Carlyn, Karalyn, Koralyn
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, “Karlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karlyn, updated 20 October 2026.