Karyn

Girl · recorded 1932–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1964best year

Most popular in 1964.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Karyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1932

016032019321955197820012024

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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 86 recorded years as a table
Karyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19326
19378
193817
193919
194022
194127
194253
194338
194448
194563
194663
1947106
1948104
1949103
1950120
195196
195274
195381
195480
195577
1956104
1957108
1958110
1959114
1960120
1961126
1962211
1963280
1964320
1965289
1966246
1967264
1968282
1969253
1970263
1971291
1972252
1973259
1974233
1975233
1976225
1977243
1978200
1979171
1980169
1981128
198299
1983112
198473
198588
198676
198785
198881
198990
199076
199168
199265
199357
199458
199545
199638
199736
199841
199933
200037
200126
200226
200323
200423
200519
200623
200714
200819
200921
201015
201113
201214
201310
201410
20156
201611
201713
20187
20198
20206
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Karyn 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

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Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#12,161
How rare
1 in 231,455 girls
Since 1932
14,135

Karyn was last recorded in 2024. 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 1964, at 320 per million girls born.

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

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