girls:
779 births since 1940
#4937 (14th percentile)
overall:
779 births since 1940
#6960 (10th percentile)
The name Charlynn is the #6,960 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 779 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,937 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 779 births since 1940.
Charlynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (first recorded for girls in 1940). Birth data for Charlynn is available in 69 out of the 84 years between 1940 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Charlynn reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #672) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Charlynn ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 44.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Charlynn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Charlynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.5% confident that Charlynn is pronounced as CHAHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shahr-LIHN, at 22.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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