Caren

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799

Peak · girls
1957 · 387 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,560
since 1925

Caren over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Caren has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #485, 1957girls
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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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Yeargirls
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2019#13,7996
2018#11,4278
2017#9,34111
2016#7,98814
2015#14,4826
2014#11,9318
2013#16,5475
2012#6,87218
2011#5,93522
2010#5,41425
2009#4,93129
2008#4,55033
2007#3,24752
2006#3,05455
2005#3,87637
2004#3,39144
2003#3,29144
2002#3,33441
2001#3,04646
2000#2,97447
1999#3,56934
1998#3,11640
1997#3,22436
1996#2,51050
1995#3,49231
1994#2,41253
1993#2,26757
1992#3,09137
1991#2,44951
1990#2,12861
1989#1,99863
1988#2,15253
1987#2,23648
1986#1,91058
1985#1,63272
1984#1,55073
1983#1,53173
1982#1,55176
1981#1,45583
1980#1,276100
1979#1,061130
1978#892163
1977#971142
1976#1,047117
1975#963129
1974#716201
1973#870148
1972#1,038112
1971#863156
1970#803172
1969#783171
1968#684202
1967#699196
1966#612241
1965#596259
1964#608270
1963#623261
1962#596279
1961#598284
1960#583288
1959#565299
1958#592280
1957#485387
1956#537302
1955#546283
1954#521290
1953#549253
1952#642191
1951#567226
1950#652171
1949#627174
1948#584204
1947#632175
1946#640153
1945#731104
1944#753103
1943#85683
1942#78095
1941#94261
1940#1,02349
1939#1,51425
1938#2,34013
1937#3,1468
1936#4,1815
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First appearance
1925

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.

Where Caren is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNHWashington: #408 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,303 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMNIllinois: #567 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,810 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedWIMichigan: #471 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,271 girlsMINew York: #402 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,372 girlsNYMassachusetts: #413 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,166 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedRIOregon: #273 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,190 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedINOhio: #583 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,264 girlsOHPennsylvania: #540 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 10,335 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #417 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 4,181 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedALGeorgia: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,738 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedHITexas: #665 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,643 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Caren, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#273 · 1 in 2,190
  2. New York#402 · 1 in 5,372
  3. Washington#408 · 1 in 4,303
  4. Massachusetts#413 · 1 in 8,166
  5. California#417 · 1 in 4,181

Best ever in a state: #224 in Oregon, 1948.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#27371 in 2,190
New York#402281 in 5,372
Washington#40861 in 4,303
Massachusetts#41361 in 8,166
California#417271 in 4,181
Michigan#471101 in 7,271
Pennsylvania#540111 in 10,335
Georgia#56051 in 8,738
Illinois#56791 in 9,810
Ohio#58381 in 11,264
Texas#665121 in 7,643
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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 Caren
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1973 (#1,038 → #870)
  • Biggest drop: 247 spots in 1975 (#716 → #963)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1957 at #485 (387 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1941–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,284
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 28.1% of all girls named Caren (2,682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,973 (1925)#4,973
1930s51#1,514 (1939)#2,795
1940s1,201#584 (1948)#757
1950s2,682#485 (1957)#566
1960s2,451#583 (1960)#638
1970s1,470#716 (1974)#922
1980s699#1,276 (1980)#1,729
1990s450#2,128 (1990)#2,826
2000s428#2,974 (2000)#3,569
2010s123#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 1947

girls
#632
175 births · 1 in 10,130 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #632Caren175
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 10,130 of them was named Caren, which outranked 89.6% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caren
  1. #629Patrice178
  2. #630Leila177
  3. #631Carmela176
  4. #632Caren175
  5. #633Angeline174
  6. #633Reta174
  7. #635Michael173
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →