Caren
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 387 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,560since 1925
Caren over time
Rank among girls' names. Caren has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 |
| 1993 | #2,267 | 57 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,449 | 51 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 61 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #2,152 | 53 |
| 1987 | #2,236 | 48 |
| 1986 | #1,910 | 58 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 |
| 1983 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 |
| 1981 | #1,455 | 83 |
| 1980 | #1,276 | 100 |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 |
| 1978 | #892 | 163 |
| 1977 | #971 | 142 |
| 1976 | #1,047 | 117 |
| 1975 | #963 | 129 |
| 1974 | #716 | 201 |
| 1973 | #870 | 148 |
| 1972 | #1,038 | 112 |
| 1971 | #863 | 156 |
| 1970 | #803 | 172 |
| 1969 | #783 | 171 |
| 1968 | #684 | 202 |
| 1967 | #699 | 196 |
| 1966 | #612 | 241 |
| 1965 | #596 | 259 |
| 1964 | #608 | 270 |
| 1963 | #623 | 261 |
| 1962 | #596 | 279 |
| 1961 | #598 | 284 |
| 1960 | #583 | 288 |
| 1959 | #565 | 299 |
| 1958 | #592 | 280 |
| 1957 | #485 | 387 |
| 1956 | #537 | 302 |
| 1955 | #546 | 283 |
| 1954 | #521 | 290 |
| 1953 | #549 | 253 |
| 1952 | #642 | 191 |
| 1951 | #567 | 226 |
| 1950 | #652 | 171 |
| 1949 | #627 | 174 |
| 1948 | #584 | 204 |
| 1947 | #632 | 175 |
| 1946 | #640 | 153 |
| 1945 | #731 | 104 |
| 1944 | #753 | 103 |
| 1943 | #856 | 83 |
| 1942 | #780 | 95 |
| 1941 | #942 | 61 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caren! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Caren
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1973 (#1,038 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 247 spots in 1975 (#716 → #963)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1957 at #485 (387 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1941–1971
- Highest: 1 in 5,284 girls born in 1957 were named Caren (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 279,728 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 28.1% of all girls named Caren (2,682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,973 (1925) | #4,973 |
| 1930s | 51 | #1,514 (1939) | #2,795 |
| 1940s | 1,201 | #584 (1948) | #757 |
| 1950s | 2,682 | #485 (1957) | #566 |
| 1960s | 2,451 | #583 (1960) | #638 |
| 1970s | 1,470 | #716 (1974) | #922 |
| 1980s | 699 | #1,276 (1980) | #1,729 |
| 1990s | 450 | #2,128 (1990) | #2,826 |
| 2000s | 428 | #2,974 (2000) | #3,569 |
| 2010s | 123 | #5,414 (2010) | #10,374 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caren in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,648 of them was named Caren, which outranked 92.2% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).