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 1942 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 195 babies (rank #99 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

4,403
Total babies (all years)
65
Years in the data
195
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
19422#109
19445#1
19455#31
195325#389
195427#378
195543#298
195628#378
195731#365
195839#324
195943#316
196044#308
196173#223
196269#237
1963102#179
1964101#173
1965111#161
1966139#135
1967124#149
1968147#135
1969165#130
1970147#139
1971157#130
1972195#99
1973142#125
1974143#117
1975167#96
1976170#97
1977148#106
1978148#116
1979102#155
1980131#129
1981133#123
1982104#158
1983102#159
198492#176
1985106#161
1986101#174
198795#178
1988109#158
198977#217
199057#274
199157#269
199251#295
199348#315
199441#343
199534#390
199633#400
199719#566
199818#576
199930#427
200027#456
200114#661
200211#765
200310#773
20049#809
200510#751
20065#1,042
20076#949
20086#925
20097#848
20106#887
20119#691
20121#1,285
20131#1,416
20141#1,010