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Karyn

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Karyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 395th, in 1964.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
70.00% of girls
Peak year
1964607 births
Best rank
#395in 1964
Since 1932
14,135people given the name
Babies named Karyn, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

14,135 girls have been named Karyn in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 607 births.

The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 607 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 30%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Karyn
1930s55
1940s967
1950s1,856
1960s4,311
1970s3,671
1980s1,710
1990s939
2000s424
2010s185
2020s17

In 1964, its biggest year

Karyn was the 395th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.

Names that rose and fell with Karyn

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.