Karan
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#6803
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12
boys 12
Peak year
1956
170 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
4,962
since 1936
Born a Karan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Karan was most popular in 1956, when 170 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.08 per 1,000). In 2025, 12 babies were named Karan, ranking #6803 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 12 | 6803 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 16 | 5659 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 16 | 5666 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 9 | 8300 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 16 | 5562 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 12 | 6620 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 16 | 5555 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 18 | 5106 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 16 | 5526 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 17 | 5318 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 23 | 4295 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 19 | 4866 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 30 | 3497 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 34 | 3231 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 28 | 3695 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 33 | 3308 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 47 | 2623 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 35 | 3221 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 38 | 3025 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 41 | 2784 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 63 | 1983 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10690 | 73 | 1731 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 68 | 1764 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 60 | 1869 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 77 | 1564 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 50 | 2015 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7239 | 73 | 1531 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 52 | 1871 |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | 53 | 1790 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 66 | 1517 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8079 | 78 | 1327 |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | 61 | 1531 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 36 | 2162 |
| 1992 | 12 | 7067 | 39 | 2002 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 34 | 2143 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 37 | 2012 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7449 | 22 | 2784 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | 21 | 2682 |
| 1987 | 11 | 6335 | 17 | 2942 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | 17 | 2891 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6457 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 15 | 4737 | 13 | 3270 |
| 1983 | 11 | 5824 | 8 | 4499 |
| 1982 | 8 | 7469 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 13 | 5254 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | 3903 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 24 | 3176 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 16 | 3963 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | 3052 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 22 | 3110 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 23 | 2914 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 31 | 2356 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 52 | 1730 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 45 | 1904 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 50 | 1711 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 49 | 1647 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 56 | 1495 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 80 | 1201 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 91 | 1097 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 101 | 1085 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 85 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 115 | 1001 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 112 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 110 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 152 | 832 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 137 | 870 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 164 | 787 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 170 | 746 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 156 | 763 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 109 | 899 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 110 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 98 | 928 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 106 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 95 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 87 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 98 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 95 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 59 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 73 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 91 | 807 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 84 | 832 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 56 | 975 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 31 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | 1474 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | 1805 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 12 | 2386 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 70% · boys 30% across all years