Feminine dossier · first seen 1939

Caryn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Caryn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1965

Peak era

1965

Peak rank proxy

492

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1939Peak 19652024

Peak year

1965

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

12,182

Caryn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1965, when 492 girls were named Caryn.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 12,182 Americans have been named Caryn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1939.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1965

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