Kareen

Where Kareen comes from

Kareen hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #5,099 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Kareen Zebroff born
    Canadian-based author, actor and television host specialising in yoga
  3. 1942
    Peak, #1,706
    24 babies named Kareen — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,598.
  5. 1980
    Kareen Antonn born
    French recording artist; singer
  6. 2013
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kareen Zebroff · Canadian-based author, actor and television host specialising in yoga, born 1941
  • Kareen Antonn · French recording artist; singer, born 1980
  • Kareen Schröter · German actress, born 1963
  • Kareen Rispal · French diplomat, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.