Karin

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #7,967 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 949 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,532
since 1907

Karin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karin has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #275, 1967girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#7,96713#8,9878
2023#8,98911#7,73810
2022#7,28115#5,87415
2021#8,02413#10,7996
2020#7,96913#9,5547
2019#6,69817#9,7567
2018#5,15225
2017#4,57630
2016#5,13026
2015#4,72529
2014#5,16326
2013#4,00237
2012#4,60131
2011#4,80729#10,8086
2010#3,88939
2009#3,67743
2008#3,52946
2007#3,84841#8,1739
2006#3,09054#7,9989
2005#3,31746#11,4725
2004#3,12749#9,9486
2003#2,84054#10,8945
2002#2,60559#7,0559
2001#2,25971
2000#2,17473
1999#1,89383#8,7046
1998#1,88381#8,4796
1997#1,71890
1996#1,73686
1995#1,68487#7,7926
1994#1,368121
1993#1,228141#8,7005
1992#1,434112
1991#1,182148
1990#1,110157#8,1175
1989#960181
1988#940179#5,7517
1987#873195
1986#797211#6,7215
1985#829196
1984#643272
1983#710240#6,2385
1982#606296
1981#590312
1980#552337
1979#557331#5,3556
1978#470420#5,7725
1977#427474#4,1648
1976#433462
1975#403503
1974#373573#5,2275
1973#337654
1972#340664#4,9865
1971#307876#4,9075
1970#2781,051
1969#2801,009#4,4045
1968#278971#3,3657
1967#275949
1966#296855
1965#290918
1964#310886
1963#309898
1962#326826
1961#351734
1960#356738
1959#355721
1958#356669
1957#345690
1956#324725
1955#349606
1954#363571
1953#386482
1952#377477
1951#377468
1950#423360
1949#421347
1948#367461
1947#411384
1946#475275
1945#554175
1944#502205
1943#479236
1942#342415
1941#509185
1940#614129
1939#651109
1938#682101
1937#71192
1936#92155
1935#1,08441
1934#1,12440
1933#1,05044
1932#1,29332
1931#1,63522
1930#1,74821
1929#2,19115
1928#2,19416
1927#3,05310
1926#3,04610
1925#3,11610
1924#3,6658
1923#4,9675
1922#2,95811
1921#3,16410
1920#3,3409
1919#2,81311
1918#2,37614
1917#4,0836
1916#2,65811
1915#2,25513
1914#2,12511
1913#3,1875
1912#2,6346
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1907#1,8216
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five girls were named Karin! It came in at #1,821, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1908–1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Karin is popular in 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNHWashington: #367 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,293 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #407 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,656 girlsMNIllinois: #519 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,135 girlsILWisconsin: #503 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,237 girlsWIMichigan: #466 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,115 girlsMINew York: #418 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,854 girlsNYMassachusetts: #461 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,071 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedRIOregon: #324 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedIAIndiana: #399 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,198 girlsINOhio: #598 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,497 girlsOHPennsylvania: #766 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,737 girlsPANew Jersey: #642 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,466 girlsNJConnecticut: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,627 girlsCTCalifornia: #722 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,991 girlsCAUtah: #457 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,279 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #459 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,850 girlsVAMaryland: #473 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,715 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedALGeorgia: #772 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,975 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karin, so not publishedHITexas: #678 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,414 girlsTXFlorida: #593 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,725 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#324 · 1 in 2,043
  2. Connecticut#357 · 1 in 2,627
  3. Washington#367 · 1 in 2,293
  4. Indiana#399 · 1 in 3,198
  5. Minnesota#407 · 1 in 3,656

Best ever in a state: #85 in Alaska, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#32481 in 2,043
Connecticut#35761 in 2,627
Washington#367121 in 2,293
Indiana#399111 in 3,198
Minnesota#40781 in 3,656
New York#418361 in 2,854
Utah#45751 in 3,279
Virginia#45981 in 3,850
Massachusetts#46181 in 4,071
Michigan#466141 in 4,115
Maryland#47361 in 3,715
Wisconsin#50361 in 5,237
Illinois#519181 in 4,135
Florida#593121 in 4,725
Ohio#598111 in 6,497
New Jersey#64271 in 5,466
Texas#678241 in 5,414
California#722311 in 5,991
Pennsylvania#76681 in 8,737
Georgia#77251 in 6,975
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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 Karin
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1937 (#921#711)
  • Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1985 (#643#829)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1967 at #275 (949 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1936–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,663
  • Highest: 1 in 1,663 girls born in 1970 were named Karin (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 124,630 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #275 in 1967, was only 1 in 1,740 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.8% of all girls named Karin (8,784) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,821 (1907)#1,821
1910s77#2,125 (1914)#2,766
1920s104#2,191 (1929)#3,169
1930s557#651 (1939)#1,090
1940s2,812#342 (1942)#467
1950s5,769#324 (1956)#366
1960s8,784#275 (1967)#307
1970s6,008#278 (1970)#393
1980s2,419#552 (1980)#750
1990s1,106#1,110 (1990)#1,524
2000s536#2,174 (2000)#3,047
2010s289#3,889 (2010)#4,874
2020s65#7,281 (2022)#8,046

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.

Karin in 1982

girls
#606
296 births · 1 in 5,721 girls

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #606Karin296
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 5,721 of them was named Karin, which outranked 95.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karin
  1. #603Deana297
  2. #603Lacie297
  3. #603Marcy297
  4. #606Karin296
  5. #606Daphne296
  6. #606Edith296
  7. #606Noemi296
  8. #610Leeann295
  9. #611Brynn294
  10. #611Jeanine294

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1982