Caryn
Caryn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Caryn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caryn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Caryn
The earliest SSA record of Caryn as a baby girl name dates back to 1939, when 6 babies received it. 1965 was its biggest year on record, with 492 newborns named Caryn — #421 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Caryn on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Caryn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Caryn
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Caryn. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Caryn
Caryn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1939 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Caryn's peak popularity came in 1965 when it ranked #421. Use the chart and map above to compare Caryn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.