Names › Girl › K › Karalyn
Girl name

Karalyn

100% girls · 11 born in 2025

Karalyn has been given to about 1,601 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1996, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 1,556
Median age today29 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Karalyn per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1996 · 46
  • Born in 202511
  • All time1,601

How popular is Karalyn?

Its best year was 1996, when 46 babies were given the name, ranking 2694th. The typical living American called Karalyn is about 29 years old today.

Names that sound like Karalyn

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Carolyn0.79
  2. Karolyn0.82
  3. Adalyn0.79
  4. Madalyn0.79
  5. Carlyn0.79
  6. Jacalyn0.79
  7. Marilyn0.71
  8. Kaitlyn0.71

Middle names for Karalyn

Ranked by flow score
  1. Karalyn Eve0.82
  2. Karalyn Anne0.80
  3. Karalyn Rose0.79
  4. Karalyn Louise0.79
  5. Karalyn June0.78
  6. Karalyn Pearl0.78

Sibling names for Karalyn

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Alvarobrother · 0.85
  2. Aracelisister · 0.84
  3. Nathanaelbrother · 0.83
  4. Daliasister · 0.83
  5. Noebrother · 0.83
  6. Noemisister · 0.82

Where Karalyn is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Karalyn White0.74
    2. Karalyn Reyes0.74
    3. Karalyn Moore0.74
    4. Karalyn Lee0.74
    5. Karalyn Hill0.74
    6. Karalyn Green0.74

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Karalyn

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.