Kaaren
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 191 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 884since 1938
Kaaren over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kaaren has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
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| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 |
| 1944 | #1,053 | 55 |
| 1943 | #844 | 85 |
| 1942 | #536 | 191 |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five girls were named Kaaren! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaaren is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kaaren in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kaaren
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1942
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1943
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1942 at #536 (191 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1942–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,072
- Highest: 1 in 7,072 girls born in 1942 were named Kaaren (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 63.1% of all girls named Kaaren (558) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 11 | #3,782 (1939) | #4,062 |
| 1940s | 558 | #536 (1942) | #1,398 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,595 (1953) | #4,154 |
| 1960s | 142 | #2,632 (1967) | #3,620 |
| 1970s | 63 | #4,246 (1970) | #5,891 |
| 1980s | 13 | #7,418 (1980) | #8,915 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
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.
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