Karen
#15 most common girls' name of all time · #44 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1881–2025
Rank among girls
#15
Rank overall
#44 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
990,774
Since 2016
3,452
Peak year
1957 #5
Best rank
#3 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 40,668/yr
Karen first appears in 1881. 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 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,281 |
| 2024 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,251 |
| 2023 | 226 | 5 | 231 | #1,089 |
| 2022 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,216 |
| 2021 | 229 | — | 229 | #1,088 |
| 2020 | 332 | 6 | 338 | #821 |
| 2019 | 440 | 6 | 446 | #662 |
| 2018 | 470 | — | 470 | #637 |
| 2017 | 554 | 7 | 561 | #556 |
| 2016 | 617 | — | 617 | #508 |
| 2015 | 627 | 5 | 632 | #505 |
| 2014 | 633 | — | 633 | #494 |
| 2013 | 730 | — | 730 | #416 |
| 2012 | 897 | 5 | 902 | #354 |
| 2011 | 1,104 | 7 | 1,111 | #287 |
| 2010 | 1,288 | 8 | 1,296 | #248 |
| 2009 | 1,433 | — | 1,433 | #231 |
| 2008 | 1,816 | 5 | 1,821 | #187 |
| 2007 | 2,172 | 12 | 2,184 | #165 |
| 2006 | 2,031 | 11 | 2,042 | #173 |
| 2005 | 2,065 | 9 | 2,074 | #164 |
| 2004 | 2,168 | 12 | 2,180 | #155 |
| 2003 | 2,331 | 10 | 2,341 | #141 |
| 2002 | 2,225 | 6 | 2,231 | #150 |
| 2001 | 2,194 | 18 | 2,212 | #148 |
| 2000 | 2,174 | 20 | 2,194 | #153 |
| 1999 | 2,172 | 14 | 2,186 | #149 |
| 1998 | 2,073 | 6 | 2,079 | #152 |
| 1997 | 2,226 | 9 | 2,235 | #142 |
| 1996 | 2,401 | 16 | 2,417 | #133 |
| 1995 | 2,269 | 19 | 2,288 | #142 |
| 1994 | 2,487 | 17 | 2,504 | #128 |
| 1993 | 2,806 | 33 | 2,839 | #116 |
| 1992 | 2,765 | 25 | 2,790 | #121 |
| 1991 | 2,601 | 21 | 2,622 | #122 |
| 1990 | 2,716 | 18 | 2,734 | #120 |
| 1989 | 2,758 | 37 | 2,795 | #110 |
| 1988 | 2,567 | 20 | 2,587 | #111 |
| 1987 | 2,580 | 35 | 2,615 | #107 |
| 1986 | 2,801 | 23 | 2,824 | #100 |
| 1985 | 3,138 | 26 | 3,164 | #87 |
| 1984 | 3,536 | 28 | 3,564 | #82 |
| 1983 | 3,787 | 22 | 3,809 | #77 |
| 1982 | 4,153 | 31 | 4,184 | #68 |
| 1981 | 4,539 | 23 | 4,562 | #64 |
| 1980 | 5,055 | 27 | 5,082 | #54 |
| 1979 | 5,599 | 32 | 5,631 | #46 |
| 1978 | 6,371 | 22 | 6,393 | #39 |
| 1977 | 7,441 | 27 | 7,468 | #32 |
| 1976 | 7,505 | 36 | 7,541 | #31 |
| 1975 | 8,168 | 29 | 8,197 | #27 |
| 1974 | 8,643 | 36 | 8,679 | #26 |
| 1973 | 9,352 | 40 | 9,392 | #23 |
| 1972 | 11,181 | 49 | 11,230 | #21 |
| 1971 | 14,214 | 57 | 14,271 | #15 |
| 1970 | 16,699 | 48 | 16,747 | #12 |
| 1969 | 17,633 | 74 | 17,707 | #13 |
| 1968 | 19,560 | 49 | 19,609 | #9 |
| 1967 | 21,537 | 54 | 21,591 | #6 |
| 1966 | 25,450 | 64 | 25,514 | #5 |
| 1965 | 32,869 | 81 | 32,950 | #3 |
| 1964 | 30,243 | 91 | 30,334 | #4 |
| 1963 | 32,492 | 83 | 32,575 | #4 |
| 1962 | 35,184 | 75 | 35,259 | #4 |
| 1961 | 34,707 | 79 | 34,786 | #5 |
| 1960 | 36,378 | 72 | 36,450 | #4 |
| 1959 | 36,784 | 80 | 36,864 | #4 |
| 1958 | 38,487 | 66 | 38,553 | #4 |
| 1957 | 40,591 | 77 | 40,668 | #5 |
| 1956 | 40,052 | 72 | 40,124 | #7 |
| 1955 | 33,217 | 50 | 33,267 | #8 |
| 1954 | 32,456 | 54 | 32,510 | #8 |
| 1953 | 29,858 | 58 | 29,916 | #9 |
| 1952 | 28,956 | 36 | 28,992 | #8 |
| 1951 | 27,998 | 34 | 28,032 | #8 |
| 1950 | 24,132 | 36 | 24,168 | #12 |
| 1949 | 22,468 | 41 | 22,509 | #11 |
| 1948 | 21,996 | 36 | 22,032 | #12 |
| 1947 | 21,648 | 37 | 21,685 | #13 |
| 1946 | 19,647 | 39 | 19,686 | #15 |
| 1945 | 15,680 | 52 | 15,732 | #16 |
| 1944 | 15,944 | 49 | 15,993 | #16 |
| 1943 | 16,816 | 54 | 16,870 | #15 |
| 1942 | 15,387 | 65 | 15,452 | #16 |
| 1941 | 10,831 | 44 | 10,875 | #19 |
| 1940 | 7,283 | 37 | 7,320 | #34 |
| 1939 | 5,541 | 17 | 5,558 | #39 |
| 1938 | 4,508 | 21 | 4,529 | #50 |
| 1937 | 2,232 | 9 | 2,241 | #113 |
| 1936 | 1,718 | 13 | 1,731 | #132 |
| 1935 | 1,097 | 8 | 1,105 | #172 |
| 1934 | 588 | — | 588 | #258 |
| 1933 | 453 | — | 453 | #283 |
| 1932 | 303 | — | 303 | #368 |
| 1931 | 152 | — | 152 | #536 |
| 1930 | 100 | — | 100 | #689 |
| 1929 | 78 | — | 78 | #800 |
| 1928 | 78 | — | 78 | #817 |
| 1927 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,015 |
| 1926 | 62 | — | 62 | #953 |
| 1925 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,093 |
| 1924 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,002 |
| 1923 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1922 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,083 |
| 1921 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,189 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,176 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1918 | 56 | — | 56 | #965 |
| 1917 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,034 |
| 1916 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,093 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,142 |
| 1914 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,028 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,790 |
| 1912 | 28 | — | 28 | #969 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,478 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,447 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,237 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,163 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,056 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | 16 | #939 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,187 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,119 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,355 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,717 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,460 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,132 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,293 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,149 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | 11 | #976 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,204 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | 10 | #989 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,248 |
| 1890 | 14 | — | 14 | #748 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | 10 | #876 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,310 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | 9 | #827 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | 9 | #807 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | 10 | #735 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | 6 | #814 |