Karolyn
Karolyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 571st, in 1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1946167 births
- Best rank
- #571in 1941
- Since 1912
- 5,939people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,939 girls have been named Karolyn in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 167 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1940s alone account for 23%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Karolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 47 | |
| 1920s | 111 | |
| 1930s | 472 | |
| 1940s | 1,355 | |
| 1950s | 791 | |
| 1960s | 869 | |
| 1970s | 651 | |
| 1980s | 470 | |
| 1990s | 468 | |
| 2000s | 360 | |
| 2010s | 252 | |
| 2020s | 93 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Karolyn was the 614th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Karolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carolynnpeak 1942
- Ruthannepeak 1946
- Carolinpeak 1942
- Karleenpeak 1964
- Ruthannpeak 1943
- Karlenepeak 1959
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Charlynpeak 1947
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.