Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Carlyn

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
small and womanly

Pronunciation

c(a)-rl-yn, car-lyn

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1938 (rank #2325, 10 births); most recent 1994 (rank #8793, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1992 (rank #1895, 74 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8362, 12 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–12
2024–18
2023––
2022–14
2021–10
2020–23
2019–20
2018–20
2017–28
2016–28

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #2647, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1988 (rank #492, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1989 (rank #369, 7 births); most recent 1997 (rank #653, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence