Karen in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
61,340
since 1916
Rank in Illinois · 2025
#1,240
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1958
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Karen in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 1,240 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 1,028 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 1,290 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 1,187 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 14 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 15 | 694 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 13 | 784 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 20 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 23 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 23 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 36 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 39 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 53 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 75 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 85 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 94 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 89 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 116 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 118 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 93 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 106 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 111 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 103 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 89 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 96 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 108 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 121 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 99 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 121 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 124 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 106 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 120 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 135 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 137 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 133 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 141 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 157 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 149 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 201 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 191 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 240 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 251 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 257 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 279 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 358 | 39 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 384 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 391 | 33 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 464 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 447 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 504 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 608 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 723 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 905 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 967 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,043 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,207 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,501 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,756 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,755 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,852 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 2,058 | 4 | 6 | 672 |
| 1961 | 2,030 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 2,201 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 2,283 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 2,481 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 2,523 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 2,368 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,986 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,935 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,836 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,720 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,864 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,593 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,495 | 11 | 5 | 578 |
| 1948 | 1,529 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,514 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,541 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 1,267 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,353 | 10 | 6 | 438 |
| 1943 | 1,520 | 10 | 7 | 424 |
| 1942 | 1,484 | 10 | 10 | 370 |
| 1941 | 1,097 | 10 | 5 | 478 |
| 1940 | 702 | 19 | 6 | 432 |
| 1939 | 489 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 410 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 181 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 150 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 103 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 51 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 42 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 20 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 7 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | 542 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | 570 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 601 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 613 | <5 | — |