Caryn

Girl · recorded 1939–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1939

014027919391959197919992019

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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 80 recorded years as a table
Caryn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19395
194010
194111
194224
194317
194418
194521
194629
194742
194857
194989
1950100
1951101
1952106
1953100
1954113
1955105
1956129
1957125
1958139
1959152
1960132
1961155
1962147
1963153
1964182
1965279
1966229
1967166
1968194
1969221
1970207
1971221
1972185
1973202
1974194
1975185
1976191
1977203
1978236
1979161
1980152
1981140
1982110
198393
198486
198589
1986114
1987113
1988125
198972
199062
199165
199244
199344
199450
199532
199634
199732
199831
199918
200023
200119
200215
200319
200418
200518
20068
20079
20088
20098
20107
201110
20127
201310
20143
20154
20167
20175
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Caryn 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 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#15,539
How rare
1 in 335,673 girls
Since 1939
12,182

Caryn was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1965, at 279 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Caryn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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