Karen in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
17,111
since 1931
Rank in Iowa · 2025
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recorded as girls
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recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1940
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Karen in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 12 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 13 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 12 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 14 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 6 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 8 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 16 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 10 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 21 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 29 | 113 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 31 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 27 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 36 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 45 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 56 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 61 | 74 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 62 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 64 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 60 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 63 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 73 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 68 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 96 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 128 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 144 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 180 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 196 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 236 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 279 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 340 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 354 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 372 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 440 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 395 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 487 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 491 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 490 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 521 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 534 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 490 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 474 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 484 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 476 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 543 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 515 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 509 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 492 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 553 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 514 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 486 | 8 | 7 | 244 |
| 1944 | 567 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 690 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 754 | 3 | 5 | 309 |
| 1941 | 722 | 3 | 6 | 271 |
| 1940 | 718 | 2 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 617 | 2 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 462 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 144 | 33 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 101 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 65 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 24 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 19 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 5 | 337 | <5 | — |