Baby name

Karyn

Girl

Origin of the name

Karyn is a spelling of Karen, a Danish form of Katherine.

Short-lived name

Karyn peaked in 1964, when 1 baby in 6,404 was given the name. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 30% of all babies named Karyn since 1880 were born in the 1960s.

14,135births since 1880

1960sgeneration

No. 394rank at its peak, in 1964

Where babies named Karyn are born

1964

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The darker the blue, the more common Karyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Karyn is most common in Massachusetts (2.6 times), Illinois (2.5) and New Jersey (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Karen 987,989
Karin 28,532
Taryn 25,698
Kamryn 24,809
Caryn 12,182
Karsyn 9,369

Names from the same era

Lynnette · Suzette · Letitia · Deidre · Kris · Lourdes

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