Karilyn

Girl · recorded 1934–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2021. 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 1934

0112119341956197819992021

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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 79 recorded years as a table
Karilyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19346
19386
19399
19405
194110
19429
19434
19455
19465
19474
19488
19494
19506
19513
19526
19535
19547
19553
19568
19575
19586
19599
19603
19615
19627
19637
19647
19655
19664
19675
19687
19698
19707
19716
19727
19735
19749
19759
19768
19775
197821
19797
19807
198113
19828
198311
198415
198512
198612
19878
19889
19895
19908
19918
19926
19934
19946
19957
19967
19977
19987
19994
20005
20014
20028
20039
20047
20056
20066
20073
20085
20104
20116
20123
20133
20154
20164
20184
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Karilyn 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#15,251
How rare
1 in 328,172 girls
Since 1934
897

Karilyn was last recorded in 2021. 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 1978, at 21 per million girls born.

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

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