Carlyn
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 98.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1943 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,306since 1900
Carlyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Carlyn has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,174 | 63 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,894 | 74 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,054 | 61 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,839 | 67 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,859 | 38 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,575 | 50 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,553 | 53 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,183 | 58 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,165 | 54 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 | — | |
| 1943 | #952 | 68 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,513 | 24 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,210 | 38 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Carlyn! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Carlyn
- 1,968 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #8,362)
- 3,048 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #8,362)
- 3,874 spots since 2015 (#4,488 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1943 (#1,091 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 53 spots in 1944 (#952 → #1,005)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1943 at #952 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1943
- Highest: 1 in 20,519 girls born in 1943 were named Carlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.3% of all girls named Carlyn (614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | #1,862 (1908) | #1,907 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,883 (1913) | #2,158 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,555 (1929) | #2,115 |
| 1930s | 270 | #1,210 (1930) | #1,470 |
| 1940s | 486 | #952 (1943) | #1,205 |
| 1950s | 417 | #1,294 (1950) | #1,586 |
| 1960s | 437 | #1,525 (1962) | #1,766 |
| 1970s | 320 | #1,986 (1975) | #2,543 |
| 1980s | 567 | #1,678 (1987) | #1,984 |
| 1990s | 614 | #1,894 (1992) | #2,253 |
| 2000s | 505 | #2,332 (2000) | #3,142 |
| 2010s | 302 | #3,918 (2013) | #4,715 |
| 2020s | 77 | #5,314 (2020) | #7,453 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carlyn in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 32,512 of them was named Carlyn, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,245Shelvia33
- #1,245Sigrid33
- #1,245Verlie33
- #1,267Carlyn32
- #1,267Antionette32
- #1,267Belia32
- #1,267Christeen32
- #1,296Adelle31
- #1,296Aretha31
- #1,296Clemmie31
Tied with 28 names at #1,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Carlyn, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.