How Many People Are Named Karyn?
people named Karyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,149 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,140 babies named Karyn in Social Security records from 1932 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
607 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KAREN (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Karyn in English. Counting Karyn and these spellings together, about 56,028 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Karyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karyn alive today is about 53 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karyn first appears in the records in 1932 and was given most often in 1964, to 607 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1932 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Karyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #395, in 1964.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #395 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #464 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karyn were born in California than in any other state: about 1,490 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karyn was given 2.5 times as often in Massachusetts, 2.4 times in Illinois and 1.7 times in New Jersey.
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