Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Karen.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1935
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See the 82 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1935 | 8 |
| 1936 | 13 |
| 1937 | 8 |
| 1938 | 19 |
| 1939 | 15 |
| 1940 | 32 |
| 1941 | 36 |
| 1942 | 47 |
| 1943 | 38 |
| 1944 | 36 |
| 1945 | 39 |
| 1946 | 24 |
| 1947 | 20 |
| 1948 | 21 |
| 1949 | 23 |
| 1950 | 20 |
| 1951 | 18 |
| 1952 | 19 |
| 1953 | 29 |
| 1954 | 26 |
| 1955 | 24 |
| 1956 | 34 |
| 1957 | 36 |
| 1958 | 31 |
| 1959 | 37 |
| 1960 | 34 |
| 1961 | 37 |
| 1962 | 36 |
| 1963 | 41 |
| 1964 | 46 |
| 1965 | 44 |
| 1966 | 36 |
| 1967 | 31 |
| 1968 | 28 |
| 1969 | 41 |
| 1970 | 26 |
| 1971 | 32 |
| 1972 | 30 |
| 1973 | 26 |
| 1974 | 23 |
| 1975 | 19 |
| 1976 | 23 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1978 | 13 |
| 1979 | 19 |
| 1980 | 15 |
| 1981 | 13 |
| 1982 | 17 |
| 1983 | 12 |
| 1984 | 16 |
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 12 |
| 1987 | 19 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 18 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 13 |
| 1993 | 17 |
| 1994 | 9 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1999 | 7 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Karen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Karen
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2023
- 5
- Rank in 2023
- #12,239
- How rare
- 1 in 342,115 boys
- Since 1935
- 2,785
Karen was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1942, at 47 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Karen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.