Karlynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAR-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Karlynn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Karlynn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Carlyn, itself a variant of Carolyn
“free man”
A shortened form of Carolyn, itself a variant of Caroline.
Meaning borrowed from Carlyn.
Is Karlynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Karlynn 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 Karlynn 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 Karlynn, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Karlynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karlynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
Names like Karlynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynn Teagan Brooklyn Braelynn Raelynn Kaitlyn Kaylynn Reagan Brynlee Devyn Eden Keegan
Names related to Karlynn
Carolynn Karolyn Koralynn Karalyn Karlyn Koralyn Carlynn Karalynn
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, “Karlynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karlynn, updated 20 October 2026.