Karan
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #10,690 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 69.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 170 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,450since 1936
Karan 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 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,308 | 33 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,623 | 47 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,221 | 35 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,983 | 63 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #1,731 | 73 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,764 | 68 |
| 2002 | — | #1,869 | 60 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,564 | 77 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,015 | 50 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,790 | 53 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #1,327 | 78 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,531 | 61 |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,711 | 50 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,495 | 56 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,201 | 80 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,085 | 101 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,184 | 85 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,001 | 115 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,031 | 112 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,025 | 110 | — | |
| 1959 | #832 | 152 | — | |
| 1958 | #870 | 137 | — | |
| 1957 | #787 | 164 | — | |
| 1956 | #746 | 170 | — | |
| 1955 | #763 | 156 | — | |
| 1954 | #897 | 114 | — | |
| 1953 | #899 | 109 | — | |
| 1952 | #878 | 110 | — | |
| 1951 | #928 | 98 | — | |
| 1950 | #858 | 106 | — | |
| 1949 | #909 | 95 | — | |
| 1948 | #930 | 87 | — | |
| 1947 | #892 | 98 | — | |
| 1946 | #849 | 95 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | — | |
| 1944 | #893 | 73 | — | |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 | — | |
| 1942 | #832 | 84 | — | |
| 1941 | #975 | 56 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karan! It came in at #2,386, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Karan is popular in 1936
No state had 5 or more girls named Karan in 1936, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Karan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1941 (#1,347 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1960 (#832 → #1,025)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1956 at #746 (170 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1946–1959
- Highest: 1 in 11,810 girls born in 1956 were named Karan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 204,028 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- 38.1% of all girls named Karan (1,316) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1985, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 64 | #1,474 (1939) | #2,275 |
| 1940s | 769 | #807 (1943) | #944 |
| 1950s | 1,316 | #746 (1956) | #846 |
| 1960s | 849 | #1,001 (1962) | #1,248 |
| 1970s | 267 | #1,730 (1971) | #3,132 |
| 1980s | 105 | #4,737 (1984) | #6,737 |
| 1990s | 60 | #7,067 (1992) | #9,822 |
| 2000s | 20 | #10,690 (2004) | #13,188 |
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.
Karan in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 86,699 of them was named Karan, which outranked 50.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,263Yoshiko13
- #2,263Zadie13
- #2,263Zilpha13
- #2,386Karan12
- #2,386Alfredia12
- #2,386Alvena12
- #2,386Andrew12
- #2,521Alethea11
- #2,521Alla11
- #2,521Allen11
Tied with 134 names at #2,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.