Karen in California
Babies in California
91,587
since 1925
Rank in California · 2025
#1,948
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1956
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Karen in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1,948 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,076 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,043 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 35 | 884 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 37 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 54 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 92 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 99 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 111 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 140 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 142 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 119 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 159 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 182 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 247 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 302 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 330 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 444 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 517 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 520 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 494 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 548 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 608 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 598 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 592 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 586 | 78 | 6 | 1,917 |
| 1999 | 648 | 65 | 5 | 2,145 |
| 1998 | 651 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 683 | 63 | 5 | 2,084 |
| 1996 | 790 | 57 | 7 | 1,652 |
| 1995 | 798 | 57 | 7 | 1,698 |
| 1994 | 875 | 52 | 8 | 1,573 |
| 1993 | 987 | 45 | 14 | 1,072 |
| 1992 | 951 | 53 | 10 | 1,354 |
| 1991 | 809 | 69 | 11 | 1,277 |
| 1990 | 759 | 69 | 6 | 1,938 |
| 1989 | 663 | 78 | 10 | 1,297 |
| 1988 | 494 | 93 | 9 | 1,299 |
| 1987 | 422 | 101 | 13 | 971 |
| 1986 | 391 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 418 | 93 | 8 | 1,243 |
| 1984 | 415 | 92 | 5 | 1,619 |
| 1983 | 479 | 74 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 389 | 88 | 8 | 1,175 |
| 1981 | 435 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 472 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 490 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 539 | 48 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 597 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 613 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 685 | 34 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 607 | 37 | 5 | 1,212 |
| 1973 | 684 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 808 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,013 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,274 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,368 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,537 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,748 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 2,066 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 2,715 | 2 | 8 | 823 |
| 1964 | 2,557 | 3 | 9 | 791 |
| 1963 | 2,800 | 3 | 8 | 834 |
| 1962 | 3,005 | 2 | 5 | 1,025 |
| 1961 | 3,041 | 3 | 6 | 964 |
| 1960 | 3,169 | 1 | 5 | 1,000 |
| 1959 | 3,136 | 2 | 10 | 704 |
| 1958 | 3,234 | 2 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 3,305 | 6 | 7 | 788 |
| 1956 | 3,249 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 2,830 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 2,665 | 7 | 5 | 853 |
| 1953 | 2,461 | 7 | 5 | 856 |
| 1952 | 2,374 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 2,155 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,867 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,734 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,724 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,613 | 12 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,501 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 1,288 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,177 | 13 | 6 | 579 |
| 1943 | 1,207 | 12 | 5 | 647 |
| 1942 | 1,063 | 11 | 5 | 614 |
| 1941 | 615 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 334 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 237 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 206 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 155 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 135 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 80 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 41 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 36 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 24 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 17 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 15 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 5 | 601 | <5 | — |