Carlyn

Girl · recorded 1900–2025

  • #8,362in 2025
  • 1 in 133,938girls in 2025
  • −57%last ten years

Most popular in 1943.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

0254919001931196319942025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 117 recorded years as a table
Carlyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
190418
190818
190917
191013
191318
191411
191515
191616
191716
191813
191915
192013
192113
19229
192312
192417
192516
192616
192720
192816
192922
193034
193116
193224
193324
193419
193523
193631
193730
193824
193927
194030
194131
194238
194349
194445
194536
194634
194733
194823
194921
195029
195121
195223
195322
195420
195521
195625
195721
195816
195920
196019
196126
196227
196321
196423
196528
196622
196727
196824
196921
197024
197123
197214
197319
197421
197530
197624
197717
197818
197916
198023
198128
198227
198328
198435
198540
198636
198741
198838
198933
199029
199136
199240
199340
199441
199533
199633
199736
199824
199929
200036
200132
200231
200326
200431
200525
200622
200723
200823
200924
201019
201119
201222
201322
201418
201517
201616
201716
201812
201912
202014
20216
20229
202411
20257

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carlyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
12
Rank in 2025
#8,362
How rare
1 in 133,938 girls
Since 1900
4,306

Most popular in 1943, at 49 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 57% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.