Caren

Girl · recorded 1925–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1925

09518919251949197219962019

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 85 recorded years as a table
Caren, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19254
19365
19378
193812
193923
194043
194150
194270
194359
194478
194580
194697
194799
1948120
1949102
1950100
1951125
1952103
1953134
1954149
1955145
1956150
1957189
1958139
1959148
1960142
1961141
1962142
1963135
1964142
1965147
1966142
1967119
1968123
1969101
197098
197194
197274
1973101
1974137
197588
197680
197793
1978106
197981
198060
198150
198245
198344
198443
198542
198634
198728
198830
198934
199032
199127
199220
199332
199430
199518
199629
199721
199823
199919
200026
200126
200223
200324
200424
200520
200629
200727
200817
200916
201014
201113
201210
20133
20144
20153
20168
20176
20185
20194

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Caren 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
6
Rank in 2019
#13,799
How rare
1 in 279,727 girls
Since 1925
9,560

Caren was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 189 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Caren doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.