The name Karolyn is a variation of Carolyn.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Karolyn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Karolyn
Use of the Name Karolyn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
1,998
110
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Karolyn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Karolyn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1937, which is the first year shown on the table.
Karolyn last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1965, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Karolyn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1937
850
66
1938
799
78
1939
667
104
1940
668
107
1941
570
149
1942
661
129
1943
608
154
1944
637
133
1945
636
132
1946
615
166
1947
690
149
1948
785
120
1949
812
115
1950
934
92
1951
940
97
1952
950
97
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
989
110
Totals:
1,998
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Karolyn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Karolyn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 17 times during the last 125 years.