Karyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 607 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,135since 1932
Karyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Karyn has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,026 | 73 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,200 | 62 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,787 | 80 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,506 | 104 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,032 | 166 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,092 | 144 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,044 | 148 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,119 | 130 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,007 | 151 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,120 | 123 | — | |
| 1983 | #820 | 187 | — | |
| 1982 | #905 | 167 | — | |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | — | |
| 1980 | #650 | 281 | — | |
| 1979 | #632 | 275 | — | |
| 1978 | #565 | 307 | — | |
| 1977 | #502 | 372 | — | |
| 1976 | #532 | 329 | — | |
| 1975 | #519 | 340 | — | |
| 1974 | #508 | 342 | — | |
| 1973 | #475 | 378 | — | |
| 1972 | #471 | 384 | — | |
| 1971 | #430 | 484 | — | |
| 1970 | #459 | 460 | — | |
| 1969 | #467 | 427 | — | |
| 1968 | #442 | 463 | — | |
| 1967 | #455 | 436 | — | |
| 1966 | #465 | 417 | — | |
| 1965 | #412 | 510 | — | |
| 1964 | #394 | 607 | — | |
| 1963 | #416 | 539 | — | |
| 1962 | #474 | 415 | — | |
| 1961 | #637 | 255 | — | |
| 1960 | #651 | 242 | — | |
| 1959 | #660 | 230 | — | |
| 1958 | #664 | 221 | — | |
| 1957 | #662 | 220 | — | |
| 1956 | #665 | 208 | — | |
| 1955 | #783 | 151 | — | |
| 1954 | #739 | 156 | — | |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 | — | |
| 1952 | #757 | 138 | — | |
| 1951 | #664 | 173 | — | |
| 1950 | #586 | 206 | — | |
| 1949 | #624 | 176 | — | |
| 1948 | #623 | 176 | — | |
| 1947 | #612 | 188 | — | |
| 1946 | #831 | 99 | — | |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | — | |
| 1944 | #971 | 64 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,103 | 53 | — | |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karyn! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karyn is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#505 · 1 in 4,277
- Wisconsin#545 · 1 in 4,883
- Louisiana#560 · 1 in 3,679
- New Jersey#576 · 1 in 4,799
- Minnesota#596 · 1 in 5,657
Best ever in a state: #138 in New Hampshire, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #505 | 9 | 1 in 4,277 |
| Wisconsin | #545 | 6 | 1 in 4,883 |
| Louisiana | #560 | 7 | 1 in 3,679 |
| New Jersey | #576 | 10 | 1 in 4,799 |
| Minnesota | #596 | 5 | 1 in 5,657 |
| Tennessee | #668 | 5 | 1 in 5,957 |
| Illinois | #691 | 13 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Georgia | #712 | 7 | 1 in 5,978 |
| Michigan | #760 | 8 | 1 in 7,556 |
| Ohio | #868 | 7 | 1 in 9,978 |
| New York | #1,109 | 11 | 1 in 10,799 |
| California | #1,138 | 22 | 1 in 11,090 |
| Texas | #1,612 | 7 | 1 in 19,055 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Karyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1942 (#1,335 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1984 (#820 → #1,120)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1964 at #394 (607 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1944–1983
- Highest: 1 in 3,122 girls born in 1964 were named Karyn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Karyn (4,311) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 55 | #1,684 (1939) | #2,583 |
| 1940s | 967 | #612 (1947) | #941 |
| 1950s | 1,856 | #586 (1950) | #692 |
| 1960s | 4,311 | #394 (1964) | #481 |
| 1970s | 3,671 | #430 (1971) | #509 |
| 1980s | 1,710 | #650 (1980) | #955 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,180 (1990) | #1,742 |
| 2000s | 424 | #2,277 (2000) | #3,645 |
| 2010s | 185 | #5,108 (2010) | #6,923 |
| 2020s | 17 | #9,546 (2020) | #10,854 |
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.
Karyn in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 11,106 of them was named Karyn, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,023Rosalie167
- #1,023Rosemarie167
- #1,023Stacia167
- #1,032Karyn166
- #1,032Amberly166
- #1,032Devan166
- #1,032Heaven166
- #1,037Ada165
- #1,037Ella165
- #1,037Elyssa165
Tied with 4 names at #1,032; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 400,186 of them was named Karyn, which outranked 14.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,327 names at #7,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.