Karen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Persian

Meaning

Karen is a given name and occasional surname. In English, it is a feminine given name derived from the name Katherine, and it is also found in modern Africa, as well as in East Asia.

From Wikipedia

Karen first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 38 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1965 with 1,699 babies (rank #1 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Karen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Karen yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

30,276
Total babies (all years)
38
Years in the data
1,699
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952263#35
1953286#35
1954521#13
1955630#7
1956738#6
1957818#5
1958821#5
1959886#5
19601,303#4
19611,480#1
19621,545#1
19631,601#1
19641,549#1
19651,699#1
19661,597#1
19671,546#1
19681,602#1
19691,542#2
19701,390#2
19711,310#2
19721,116#4
19731,015#5
1974816#9
1975682#9
1976628#11
1977536#12
1978448#18
1979433#21
1980326#33
1981329#36
1982263#43
1983201#56
1984183#65
198593#93
198676#99
20142#729
20151#1,790
20161#1,790