Caryn
Caryn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 421st, in 1965.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1965492 births
- Best rank
- #421in 1965
- Since 1939
- 12,182people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,182 girls have been named Caryn in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 492 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 492 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 28%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Caryn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 501 | |
| 1950s | 2,265 | |
| 1960s | 3,351 | |
| 1970s | 3,071 | |
| 1980s | 1,874 | |
| 1990s | 749 | |
| 2000s | 266 | |
| 2010s | 99 |
In 1965, its biggest year
Caryn was the 421st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.
Names that rose and fell with Caryn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Melindapeak 1970
- Jamapeak 1961
- Sharlapeak 1972
- Karynpeak 1964
- Jillpeak 1966
- Donellepeak 1970
- Reneapeak 1964
- Kandiepeak 1970
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.