Caralyn
Caralyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199833 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1937
- 1,142people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,142 girls have been named Caralyn in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 2000s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Caralyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 53 | |
| 1950s | 76 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 93 | |
| 1980s | 162 | |
| 1990s | 192 | |
| 2000s | 216 | |
| 2010s | 188 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Caralyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Caralyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Neenapeak 2004
- Lanaepeak 2007
- Lupitapeak 2007
- Kaylenepeak 1993
- Dyannapeak 2005
- Elanapeak 2006
- Brigidpeak 2000
- Lynneapeak 2011
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.