# Karyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,140 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 14,135 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 27 | 5,304 |
| 2008 | 36 | 4,316 |
| 2009 | 38 | 4,057 |
| 2010 | 27 | 5,171 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5,835 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,634 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,210 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,147 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,491 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,542 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,585 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,893 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,363 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,901 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,783 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,569 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |

## People named Karyn

- Karyn Parsons, American actress, author, and comedian (born 1956)
- Karyn Kusama, American film director
- Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (1941-1963)
- Karyn White, American singer
- Karyn Dwyer, Canadian actress (1975-2018)
- Karyn Polito, American politician and lawyer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.