Karis

#2,017 for girls in 2025, 94 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 98.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 310 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,744
since 1935

Karis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karis has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #859, 2012girls
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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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2025#2,01794—
2024#2,15088#12,3495
2023#2,03396—
2022#1,807113#9,8237
2021#1,680123—
2020#1,445150#10,6056
2019#1,452152—
2018#1,335169#10,7606
2017#1,340173#12,2465
2016#1,118226—
2015#1,255195—
2014#1,079237—
2013#938269#12,1365
2012#859310—
2011#902289—
2010#1,059234—
2009#1,059241—
2008#1,038252—
2007#1,115232—
2006#942278#12,0555
2005#947261#11,4725
2004#912265#8,1438
2003#1,062211#9,5816
2002#1,142182—
2001#1,654110#7,5368
2000#1,77698—
1999#1,539110—
1998#1,75190—
1997#1,73389—
1996#2,01469—
1995#1,74683—
1994#2,25558—
1993#2,15262—
1992#2,05966—
1991#1,87775#7,2716
1990#2,15360—
1989#2,05461—
1988#2,44744—
1987#1,99156—
1986#2,07951—
1985#1,83361#5,1477
1984#1,90555#6,3155
1983#3,15126—
1982#2,77033—
1981#2,56336—
1980#2,60336#6,2505
1979#2,24843#6,0565
1978#2,12544#5,7725
1977#3,91118—
1976#2,48632—
1975#3,51419—
1974#2,75726—
1973#5,19110—
1972#3,89415—
1971#4,31113#4,9075
1970#4,24613—
1969#3,31817—
1968#3,78913—
1967#4,9828—
1966#3,26615—
1965#3,26415—
1964#3,37915—
1963#3,17616—
1962#2,81419—
1961#3,79312—
1960#3,09516—
1959#6,2455—
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First appearance
1935

The first year at least five girls were named Karis! It came in at #4,204, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Karis is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNHWashington: #962 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,233 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,264 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,424 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedWIMichigan: #984 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,025 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedSDIowa: #436 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,851 girlsIAIndiana: #909 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,090 girlsINOhio: #822 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,813 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,868 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,235 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 8,736 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNEMissouri: #827 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,518 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedWVVirginia: #444 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsVAMaryland: #682 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,473 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedARTennessee: #617 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,111 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #626 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,223 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #417 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,686 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedMSAlabama: #789 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,869 girlsALGeorgia: #762 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,017 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karis, so not publishedHITexas: #1,471 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,423 girlsTXFlorida: #1,014 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,441 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#417 · 1 in 1,686
  2. Iowa#436 · 1 in 1,851
  3. Virginia#444 · 1 in 2,073
  4. Tennessee#617 · 1 in 3,111
  5. North Carolina#626 · 1 in 3,223

Best ever in a state: #400 in Alabama, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#417101 in 1,686
Iowa#43671 in 1,851
Virginia#444181 in 2,073
Tennessee#617101 in 3,111
North Carolina#626141 in 3,223
Maryland#68271 in 3,473
Georgia#762121 in 4,017
Alabama#78951 in 3,869
Ohio#822111 in 4,813
Missouri#82761 in 4,518
Indiana#90961 in 5,090
Washington#96261 in 5,233
Michigan#98471 in 6,025
Florida#1,014131 in 6,441
Pennsylvania#1,22261 in 8,868
California#1,235241 in 8,736
Illinois#1,26471 in 8,424
Texas#1,471161 in 10,423
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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 Karis
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 133 spots since 2024 (#2,150 → #2,017)
  • 572 spots since 2020 (#1,445 → #2,017)
  • 762 spots since 2015 (#1,255 → #2,017)
  • Biggest jump: 157 spots in 2011 (#1,059 → #902)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 2007 (#942 → #1,115)
Rise & fade · girls
77 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1935
  • Peaked 2012 at #859 (310 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2004–2006
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,681
  • Highest: 1 in 5,681 girls born in 2012 were named Karis (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.4% of all girls named Karis (2,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,204 (1935)#4,204
1940s24#3,863 (1940)#4,260
1950s67#3,284 (1951)#4,401
1960s146#2,814 (1962)#3,488
1970s233#2,125 (1978)#3,468
1980s459#1,833 (1985)#2,340
1990s762#1,539 (1999)#1,928
2000s2,130#912 (2004)#1,165
2010s2,254#859 (2012)#1,134
2020s664#1,445 (2020)#1,855

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.

Karis in 2014

girls
#1,079
237 births · 1 in 7,537 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #1,079Karis237
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 7,537 of them was named Karis, which outranked 94.4% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karis
  1. #1,074Ellis238
  2. #1,074Londynn238
  3. #1,074Regan238
  4. #1,079Karis237
  5. #1,079Carleigh237
  6. #1,079Carley237
  7. #1,079Elora237
  8. #1,085Giada236
  9. #1,085Micaela236
  10. #1,085Romina236

Tied with 5 names at #1,079; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →