Karen
Rank in 2025
#1279
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
175
girls 175
Peak year
1956
40,052 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
990,774
since 1881
Born a Karen? 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
Karen was most popular in 1956, when 40,052 babies recorded as girls got the name (19.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 175 babies were named Karen, ranking #1279 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | 1279 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 186 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 226 | 1089 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 199 | 1216 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 229 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 332 | 821 | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | 440 | 662 | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | 470 | 636 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 554 | 556 | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | 617 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 627 | 505 | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | 633 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 730 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 897 | 354 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 1,104 | 287 | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | 1,288 | 248 | 8 | 8803 |
| 2009 | 1,433 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,816 | 187 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 2,172 | 165 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 2,031 | 173 | 11 | 6904 |
| 2005 | 2,065 | 164 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 2,168 | 155 | 12 | 6138 |
| 2003 | 2,331 | 141 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 2,225 | 150 | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | 2,194 | 148 | 18 | 4302 |
| 2000 | 2,174 | 153 | 20 | 3922 |
| 1999 | 2,172 | 149 | 14 | 4762 |
| 1998 | 2,073 | 152 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 2,226 | 142 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 2,401 | 133 | 16 | 4022 |
| 1995 | 2,269 | 142 | 19 | 3432 |
| 1994 | 2,487 | 128 | 17 | 3751 |
| 1993 | 2,806 | 116 | 33 | 2295 |
| 1992 | 2,765 | 121 | 25 | 2747 |
| 1991 | 2,601 | 122 | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | 2,716 | 120 | 18 | 3309 |
| 1989 | 2,758 | 110 | 37 | 1953 |
| 1988 | 2,567 | 111 | 20 | 2765 |
| 1987 | 2,580 | 107 | 35 | 1829 |
| 1986 | 2,801 | 100 | 23 | 2360 |
| 1985 | 3,138 | 87 | 26 | 2116 |
| 1984 | 3,536 | 82 | 28 | 1933 |
| 1983 | 3,787 | 77 | 22 | 2272 |
| 1982 | 4,153 | 68 | 31 | 1815 |
| 1981 | 4,539 | 64 | 23 | 2204 |
| 1980 | 5,055 | 54 | 27 | 2003 |
| 1979 | 5,599 | 46 | 32 | 1753 |
| 1978 | 6,371 | 39 | 22 | 2134 |
| 1977 | 7,441 | 32 | 27 | 1858 |
| 1976 | 7,505 | 31 | 36 | 1502 |
| 1975 | 8,168 | 27 | 29 | 1704 |
| 1974 | 8,643 | 26 | 36 | 1439 |
| 1973 | 9,352 | 23 | 40 | 1312 |
| 1972 | 11,181 | 21 | 49 | 1163 |
| 1971 | 14,214 | 15 | 57 | 1081 |
| 1970 | 16,699 | 12 | 48 | 1192 |
| 1969 | 17,633 | 13 | 74 | 885 |
| 1968 | 19,560 | 9 | 49 | 1057 |
| 1967 | 21,537 | 6 | 54 | 986 |
| 1966 | 25,450 | 5 | 64 | 901 |
| 1965 | 32,869 | 3 | 81 | 820 |
| 1964 | 30,243 | 4 | 91 | 788 |
| 1963 | 32,492 | 4 | 83 | 829 |
| 1962 | 35,184 | 4 | 75 | 879 |
| 1961 | 34,707 | 5 | 79 | 859 |
| 1960 | 36,378 | 4 | 72 | 892 |
| 1959 | 36,784 | 4 | 80 | 843 |
| 1958 | 38,487 | 4 | 66 | 936 |
| 1957 | 40,591 | 5 | 77 | 853 |
| 1956 | 40,052 | 7 | 72 | 880 |
| 1955 | 33,217 | 8 | 50 | 1066 |
| 1954 | 32,456 | 8 | 54 | 1020 |
| 1953 | 29,858 | 9 | 58 | 939 |
| 1952 | 28,956 | 8 | 36 | 1227 |
| 1951 | 27,998 | 8 | 34 | 1261 |
| 1950 | 24,132 | 12 | 36 | 1203 |
| 1949 | 22,468 | 11 | 41 | 1097 |
| 1948 | 21,996 | 12 | 36 | 1194 |
| 1947 | 21,648 | 13 | 37 | 1190 |
| 1946 | 19,647 | 15 | 39 | 1111 |
| 1945 | 15,680 | 16 | 52 | 864 |
| 1944 | 15,944 | 16 | 49 | 906 |
| 1943 | 16,816 | 15 | 54 | 908 |
| 1942 | 15,387 | 16 | 65 | 795 |
| 1941 | 10,831 | 19 | 44 | 960 |
| 1940 | 7,283 | 34 | 37 | 1067 |
| 1939 | 5,541 | 39 | 17 | 1636 |
| 1938 | 4,508 | 50 | 21 | 1476 |
| 1937 | 2,232 | 113 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | 1,718 | 132 | 13 | 1964 |
| 1935 | 1,097 | 172 | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | 588 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 453 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 303 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 152 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 100 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 78 | 798 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 78 | 816 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 57 | 1010 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 62 | 952 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 49 | 1089 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 58 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 48 | 1101 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 50 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 42 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 42 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 27 | 1527 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 56 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 47 | 1026 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 42 | 1087 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 36 | 1140 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 34 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 28 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 11 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 12 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 14 | 1037 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 16 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 11 | 1162 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 11 | 1092 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 8 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | 1679 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | 1431 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 9 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 8 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | 1555 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 11 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 7 | 1175 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 10 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 14 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 10 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | 1276 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 9 | 778 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 10 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 6 | 740 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years