Carilyn is a rare variant of Carolyn that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Carilyn is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2011. Carilyn first appears in 1935 and peaked in 1958 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #15,205 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #13,741 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #16,974 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #12,445 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #14,803 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #13,775 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,433 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #13,281 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #12,083 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #9,453 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #10,636 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,163 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #10,632 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #9,241 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #6,769 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,104 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,576 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,752 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #6,689 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,032 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,197 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #6,682 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,229 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,659 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #4,927 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,302 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,286 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,529 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #3,849 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | #2,867 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,504 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,349 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,109 |
| 1954 | 10 | — | #3,747 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,394 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #3,125 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | #4,796 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,746 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,163 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,037 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #3,051 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | #2,480 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,645 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #3,067 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #3,007 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #3,283 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,919 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,489 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,416 |
| 1935 | 13 | — | #2,318 |