Given name
Charlyn
“a small, strong woman”
Charlyn is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Charlyn is a variant of Charla. In English use, Charla carries the interpretation “a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Charlyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,829
- 0 boys · 1,829 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,402 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,402 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,717 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Charlyn’s family of names
Charlyn has a related form in Charla.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Charlyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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