Karyn is an established variant of Karen that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Karyn is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Karyn first appears in 1932 and peaked in 1964 (607 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #12,783 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #9,901 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,363 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | #8,893 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #5,585 | — |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #6,542 | — |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #10,491 | — |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | #7,147 | — |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #7,210 | — |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | #5,634 | — |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #5,835 | — |
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | #5,171 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #4,057 | — |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #4,316 | — |
| 2007 | 27 | 27 | #5,304 | — |
| 2006 | 43 | 43 | #3,650 | — |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #4,069 | — |
| 2004 | 42 | 42 | #3,532 | — |
| 2003 | 42 | 42 | #3,442 | — |
| 2002 | 47 | 47 | #3,084 | — |
| 2001 | 46 | 46 | #3,073 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 68 | #2,295 | — |
| 1999 | 58 | 58 | #2,486 | — |
| 1998 | 73 | 73 | #2,034 | — |
| 1997 | 62 | — | #2,211 | — |
| 1996 | 67 | — | #2,072 | — |
| 1995 | 80 | — | #1,795 | — |
| 1994 | 104 | — | #1,507 | — |
| 1993 | 104 | — | #1,512 | — |
| 1992 | 119 | — | #1,386 | — |
| 1991 | 127 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1990 | 145 | — | #1,181 | — |
| 1989 | 171 | — | #1,036 | #8,569 |
| 1988 | 144 | — | #1,093 | — |
| 1987 | 148 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1986 | 130 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1985 | 151 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1984 | 123 | — | #1,120 | — |
| 1983 | 187 | — | #821 | — |
| 1982 | 167 | — | #909 | — |
| 1981 | 213 | — | #767 | — |
| 1980 | 281 | — | #652 | — |
| 1979 | 275 | — | #632 | — |
| 1978 | 307 | — | #565 | — |
| 1977 | 372 | — | #502 | — |
| 1976 | 329 | — | #533 | — |
| 1975 | 340 | — | #519 | — |
| 1974 | 342 | — | #508 | — |
| 1973 | 378 | — | #476 | — |
| 1972 | 384 | — | #471 | — |
| 1971 | 484 | — | #430 | — |
| 1970 | 460 | — | #459 | — |
| 1969 | 427 | — | #467 | — |
| 1968 | 463 | — | #442 | — |
| 1967 | 436 | — | #455 | — |
| 1966 | 417 | — | #465 | — |
| 1965 | 510 | — | #412 | — |
| 1964 | 607 | — | #395 | — |
| 1963 | 539 | — | #416 | — |
| 1962 | 415 | — | #475 | — |
| 1961 | 255 | — | #637 | — |
| 1960 | 242 | — | #651 | — |
| 1959 | 230 | — | #661 | — |
| 1958 | 221 | — | #665 | — |
| 1957 | 220 | — | #664 | — |
| 1956 | 208 | — | #666 | — |
| 1955 | 151 | — | #786 | — |
| 1954 | 156 | — | #740 | — |
| 1953 | 153 | — | #736 | — |
| 1952 | 138 | — | #759 | — |
| 1951 | 173 | — | #666 | — |
| 1950 | 206 | — | #586 | — |
| 1949 | 176 | — | #624 | — |
| 1948 | 176 | — | #623 | — |
| 1947 | 188 | — | #613 | — |
| 1946 | 99 | — | #831 | — |
| 1945 | 82 | — | #835 | — |
| 1944 | 64 | — | #976 | — |
| 1943 | 53 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1942 | 71 | — | #934 | — |
| 1941 | 33 | — | #1,349 | — |
| 1940 | 25 | — | #1,567 | — |
| 1939 | 21 | — | #1,704 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,837 | — |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #3,048 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,161 | — |