Karan**
#2,489 most common girls' name of all time · #4,232 across all names · 30% boys / 70% girls · used 1936–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,489
Rank overall
#4,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
4,962
Since 2016
148
Peak year
1956 #746
Best rank
#746 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 170/yr
Karan first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 2024 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2022 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 2015 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 2014 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 2013 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 2012 | — | 34 | 34 | — |
| 2011 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 2010 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 2009 | — | 47 | 47 | — |
| 2008 | — | 35 | 35 | — |
| 2007 | — | 38 | 38 | — |
| 2006 | — | 41 | 41 | — |
| 2005 | — | 63 | 63 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 73 | 82 | #10,821 |
| 2003 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #14,084 |
| 2002 | — | 60 | 60 | — |
| 2001 | — | 77 | 77 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 50 | 55 | #15,307 |
| 1999 | 13 | 73 | 86 | #7,344 |
| 1998 | — | 52 | 52 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #14,031 |
| 1996 | 7 | 66 | 73 | #10,747 |
| 1995 | 10 | 78 | 88 | #8,208 |
| 1994 | 7 | 61 | 68 | #10,796 |
| 1993 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1992 | 12 | 39 | 51 | #7,154 |
| 1991 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #11,768 |
| 1990 | — | 37 | 37 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #7,568 |
| 1988 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #7,840 |
| 1987 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #6,441 |
| 1986 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #11,249 |
| 1985 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #6,569 |
| 1984 | 15 | 13 | 28 | #4,812 |
| 1983 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #5,919 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,644 |
| 1981 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #5,357 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,328 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,953 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,313 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,218 |
| 1976 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,020 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,145 |
| 1973 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #2,963 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,376 |
| 1971 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,740 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,918 |
| 1969 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,716 |
| 1968 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,663 |
| 1967 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,500 |
| 1966 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,205 |
| 1965 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,088 |
| 1963 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,187 |
| 1962 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,004 |
| 1961 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,034 |
| 1960 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,028 |
| 1959 | 152 | — | 152 | #834 |
| 1958 | 137 | — | 137 | #873 |
| 1957 | 164 | — | 164 | #788 |
| 1956 | 170 | — | 170 | #746 |
| 1955 | 156 | — | 156 | #767 |
| 1954 | 114 | — | 114 | #903 |
| 1953 | 109 | — | 109 | #902 |
| 1952 | 110 | — | 110 | #883 |
| 1951 | 98 | — | 98 | #936 |
| 1950 | 106 | — | 106 | #864 |
| 1949 | 95 | — | 95 | #914 |
| 1948 | 87 | — | 87 | #935 |
| 1947 | 98 | — | 98 | #897 |
| 1946 | 95 | — | 95 | #852 |
| 1945 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,013 |
| 1944 | 73 | — | 73 | #899 |
| 1943 | 91 | — | 91 | #815 |
| 1942 | 84 | — | 84 | #834 |
| 1941 | 56 | — | 56 | #984 |
| 1940 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,373 |
| 1939 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,513 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,871 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,782 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,519 |