How Many People Are Named Carlyn?
people named Carlyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 99,878 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,373 babies named Carlyn in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
78 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Contracted variant of CAROLINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Carlyn, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Carlyn alive today is about 43 years old, and 41% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Carlyn first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1994, to 78 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Carlyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #952, in 1943. In 2025 it ranked #8,460.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,460 |
| Best rank | #952 (1943) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,242 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Carlyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Carlyn were born in California than in any other state: about 220 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carlyn was given 3 times as often in California, 2.3 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Pennsylvania.
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