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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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.
Where Kareen is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#1,008 · 1 in 10,181
Best ever in a state: #787 in Pennsylvania, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,008 | 10 | 1 in 10,181 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 50,271 of them was named Kareen, which outranked 75.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,565Toy30
- #2,565Toyia30
- #2,565Valeri30
- #2,612Kareen29
- #2,612Alexander29
- #2,612Ananda29
- #2,612Anastacia29
- #2,680Adelaida28
- #2,680Alayna28
- #2,680Aleisha28
Tied with 67 names at #2,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 21,991 of them was named Kareen, which outranked 84.7% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #965Leopoldo72
- #965Shedrick72
- #965Stephanie72
- #970Kareen71
- #970Arnoldo71
- #970Benjiman71
- #970Cruz71
- #982Harris70
- #982Rebecca70
- #984Brion69
Tied with 11 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.