Karyn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karyn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karyn: Recorded since 1966, it reached #77 in 1969, and it was last ranked in 2008.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
2000	#3912
2007	#4294

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 40 years from 1969 to 2008.

In 1969: #77 among girls in New Zealand, #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2008 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #84 among girls in New Zealand in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1971
Highest recorded position: #77 among girls in New Zealand, in 1969 (recorded 1966–1971).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2008.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karyn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 15 ranked years and 53 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1966.

Karyn across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1969)	#393 (1969)	#862 (2008)	15 of 40	53 (1969–2008)	5 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#2350 (1996)	#4294 (2007)	4 of 12	16 (1996–2007)	6 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#84 (1966)	#77 (1969)	#97 (1971)	6 of 6	429 (1966–1971)	86 (1969)

Karyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karyn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	13	3 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	18	5 of 10	4
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Karyn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 1969.

Karyn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#97	69	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#93	73	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#77	86	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#100	62	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#99	63	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#84	76	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#408	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2008, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in New Zealand in 1969.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1969, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
6years ranked inside the top 1005 to 9 years in the top 100 →
6 yearslongest unbroken top-100 run5 to 9 years running →
#862position in 2008, its most recent recorded year
30 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
86births registered in its largest year, 196950 to 99 births →
1966first year inside a top 100First reached the top 100 in the 1960s →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rihanna · #77, 21y
Roise · #79, 29y
Sharlene · #79, 23y
Gayle · #80, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adeline · #77, 45y
Conall · #77, 60y
Diarmuid · #77, 62y
Edmond · #77, 60y

Karyn was ranked #77 in New Zealand · Girls in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Karyn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karyn without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Karyn

Jordan Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #445 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #523 and #249.
Ava Compare
In 1991 they stood at #408 and #503 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #523 and #363.
Kate Compare
In 1975 they stood at #393 and #443 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #429 and #271.
Ella Compare
In 1981 they stood at #483 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #523 and #369.

Moved the opposite way to Karyn

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 while Abigail went from #303 to #36.
Aisling Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 while Aisling went from #94 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 while Alexandra went from #303 to #92.
Amelia Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 while Amelia went from #322 to #45.

Moved the same way as Karyn

Alison Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 and Alison from #71 to #118.
Amanda Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 and Amanda from #58 to #257.
Angela Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 and Angela from #36 to #430.
Anita Compare
Between 1969 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karyn went from #393 to #862 and Anita from #103 to #665.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karyn

Karyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karyn across 3 official records

Karyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karyn appears in

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Karyn at a glance

Karyn across 3 official records

Karyn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karyn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Karyn

Karyn and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Karyn

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