Charlyn

Where Charlyn comes from

The dictionaries list Charlyn as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Peak, #1,401
    33 babies named Charlyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,652.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Charlyn hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.