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Karen Name Origin: Danish
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Pronunciation: k(a)-ren
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Karen Name Popularity
How popular is the name Karen? Here’s everything we know.
| Year |
Rank |
# Births |
% Births |
| 1910 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1911 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1912 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1913 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1914 |
1,320 |
5 |
0.0007% |
| 1915 |
1,315 |
6 |
0.0007% |
| 1916 |
1,456 |
5 |
0.0005% |
| 1917 |
1,214 |
10 |
0.001% |
| 1918 |
1,217 |
11 |
0.001% |
| 1919 |
1,512 |
5 |
0.0005% |
| 1920 |
1,616 |
5 |
0.0004% |
| 1921 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1922 |
1,230 |
13 |
0.0012% |
| 1923 |
— |
0 |
0% |
| 1924 |
1,317 |
11 |
0.0009% |
| 1925 |
1,194 |
15 |
0.0013% |
| 1926 |
1,001 |
24 |
0.0022% |
| 1927 |
1,049 |
21 |
0.0019% |
| 1928 |
826 |
41 |
0.0038% |
| 1929 |
812 |
39 |
0.0038% |
| 1930 |
720 |
52 |
0.005% |
| 1931 |
530 |
109 |
0.011% |
| 1932 |
368 |
258 |
0.0261% |
| 1933 |
285 |
405 |
0.0435% |
| 1934 |
258 |
547 |
0.0566% |
| 1935 |
173 |
1,073 |
0.1104% |
| 1936 |
132 |
1,679 |
0.1743% |
| 1937 |
113 |
2,209 |
0.2242% |
| 1938 |
50 |
4,487 |
0.4383% |
| 1939 |
39 |
5,537 |
0.5443% |
| 1940 |
34 |
7,282 |
0.6851% |
| 1941 |
19 |
10,830 |
0.9622% |
| 1942 |
16 |
15,385 |
1.2184% |
| 1943 |
15 |
16,816 |
1.2881% |
| 1944 |
16 |
15,943 |
1.2864% |
| 1945 |
16 |
15,679 |
1.2856% |
| 1946 |
15 |
19,645 |
1.3314% |
| 1947 |
13 |
21,645 |
1.2967% |
| 1948 |
12 |
21,996 |
1.3779% |
| 1949 |
11 |
22,467 |
1.3966% |
| 1950 |
12 |
24,139 |
1.4992% |
| 1951 |
8 |
28,001 |
1.6515% |
| 1952 |
8 |
28,958 |
1.6589% |
| 1953 |
9 |
29,853 |
1.6868% |
| 1954 |
8 |
32,455 |
1.7754% |
| 1955 |
8 |
33,215 |
1.8058% |
| 1956 |
7 |
40,042 |
2.1201% |
| 1957 |
5 |
40,585 |
2.1091% |
| 1958 |
4 |
38,464 |
2.0352% |
| 1959 |
4 |
36,773 |
1.9355% |
| 1960 |
4 |
36,376 |
1.9198% |
| 1961 |
5 |
34,696 |
1.8378% |
| 1962 |
4 |
35,185 |
1.9165% |
| 1963 |
4 |
32,486 |
1.8098% |
| 1964 |
4 |
30,245 |
1.7183% |
| 1965 |
3 |
32,874 |
2.0103% |
| 1966 |
5 |
25,446 |
1.6298% |
| 1967 |
6 |
21,540 |
1.4194% |
| 1968 |
9 |
19,558 |
1.3025% |
| 1969 |
13 |
17,638 |
1.1449% |
| 1970 |
12 |
16,701 |
1.0495% |
| 1971 |
15 |
14,211 |
0.9457% |
| 1972 |
21 |
11,180 |
0.8208% |
| 1973 |
23 |
9,356 |
0.7217% |
| 1974 |
26 |
8,651 |
0.6656% |
| 1975 |
27 |
8,165 |
0.6354% |
| 1976 |
31 |
7,503 |
0.5822% |
| 1977 |
32 |
7,444 |
0.5522% |
| 1978 |
39 |
6,374 |
0.4741% |
| 1979 |
46 |
5,601 |
0.3972% |
| 1980 |
54 |
5,054 |
0.3457% |
| 1981 |
64 |
4,536 |
0.3086% |
| 1982 |
68 |
4,153 |
0.2779% |
| 1983 |
77 |
3,789 |
0.2568% |
| 1984 |
82 |
3,536 |
0.2377% |
| 1985 |
87 |
3,139 |
0.2068% |
| 1986 |
100 |
2,798 |
0.1854% |
| 1987 |
107 |
2,575 |
0.1687% |
| 1988 |
112 |
2,556 |
0.164% |
| 1989 |
110 |
2,752 |
0.1705% |
| 1990 |
118 |
2,705 |
0.1632% |
| 1991 |
122 |
2,586 |
0.1587% |
| 1992 |
123 |
2,743 |
0.1718% |
| 1993 |
116 |
2,787 |
0.1788% |
| 1994 |
128 |
2,466 |
0.1607% |
| 1995 |
142 |
2,246 |
0.149% |
| 1996 |
134 |
2,383 |
0.1592% |
| 1997 |
144 |
2,201 |
0.1488% |
| 1998 |
152 |
2,056 |
0.1374% |
| 1999 |
149 |
2,154 |
0.1438% |
| 2000 |
155 |
2,137 |
0.1399% |
| 2001 |
149 |
2,180 |
0.1447% |
| 2002 |
150 |
2,206 |
0.1472% |
| 2003 |
140 |
2,318 |
0.1524% |
| 2004 |
156 |
2,145 |
0.1407% |
| 2005 |
164 |
2,050 |
0.1341% |
| 2006 |
173 |
2,009 |
0.1283% |
| 2007 |
165 |
2,152 |
0.1364% |
| 2008 |
186 |
1,797 |
0.1163% |
| 2009 |
230 |
1,415 |
0.0947% |
| 2010 |
250 |
1,265 |
0.0878% |
| 2011 |
285 |
1,072 |
0.0752% |
| 2012 |
352 |
853 |
0.0599% |
| 2013 |
404 |
705 |
0.0495% |
| 2014 |
494 |
581 |
0.0399% |
| 2015 |
494 |
580 |
0.0399% |
| 2016 |
490 |
579 |
0.0402% |
| 2017 |
533 |
510 |
0.0365% |
| 2018 |
587 |
436 |
0.0317% |
| 2019 |
645 |
377 |
0.0278% |
| 2020 |
830 |
271 |
0.0213% |
| 2021 |
1,084 |
165 |
0.0135% |
| 2022 |
1,163 |
156 |
0.0118% |
District of Columbia (DC)
Data via SSA.gov.
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