Karyn

Girl name

Karyn has been given to 14,140 babies in the U.S. since 1932. It peaked in 1964.

Meaning & origin

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

14,140

Peak year

1964 (607 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1932

10-year trend

▼ -100%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Karyn.

14,174 babies since 1925

14,282 babies since 1940

14,334 babies since 1928

13,884 babies since 1950

14,522 babies since 1943

13,715 babies since 1937

13,671 babies since 1910

13,669 babies since 1889

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