girl's name

Karyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 14,765

Scotland

#639

2005 births

Karyn is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1964, when 607 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1932.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Karyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

4,311
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Karyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 55
1940s 967
1950s 1,856
1960s 4,311
1970s 3,671
1980s 1,715
1990s 939
2000s 424
2010s 185
2020s (to 2024) 17

How popular is Karyn?

In 2024, Karyn was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Karyn is used

Scotland #639 4 in 2005
Ireland #1,001 3 in 2008
Canada #2,811 5 in 2002
France #3,592 5 in 1993
England & Wales #4,853 4 in 2007
United States #12,804 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Karyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Karyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Karyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Karyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Karyn

How popular is the name Karyn?

In 2024, Karyn was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Karyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Karyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Karyn?

Karyn has 2 syllables.

When was Karyn most popular?

Karyn peaked in 1964, when 607 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.