Kareen
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 63.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,306since 1921
Kareen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #1,885 | 29 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #1,356 | 45 |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | #970 | 71 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | #1,418 | 36 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kareen! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kareen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1942 at #1,706 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,394 girls born in 1977 were named Kareen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,706 in 1942, was only 1 in 56,280 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.1% of all girls named Kareen (237) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,099 (1921) | #5,099 |
| 1930s | 78 | #1,873 (1938) | #2,992 |
| 1940s | 175 | #1,706 (1942) | #2,277 |
| 1950s | 152 | #2,322 (1958) | #2,963 |
| 1960s | 192 | #2,539 (1962) | #2,914 |
| 1970s | 237 | #2,216 (1977) | #3,249 |
| 1980s | 180 | #3,418 (1982) | #4,774 |
| 1990s | 136 | #4,523 (1990) | #6,963 |
| 2000s | 108 | #7,077 (2004) | #10,229 |
| 2010s | 38 | #12,276 (2010) | #14,084 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
Kareen in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Kareen, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.