Karrie

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 505 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,870
since 1936

Karrie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #409, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#11,1228
2023#13,4626
2022#15,3065
2021#13,4646
2020#13,4536
2019#12,4487
2018#11,4278
2017#7,84014
2016#7,60215
2015#10,8669
2014#8,48513
2013#6,01721
2012#7,14417
2011#8,19614
2010#10,45110
2009#8,88813
2008#7,40817
2007#5,70924
2006#5,38325
2005#6,24519
2004#5,06225
2003#4,66827
2002#3,28342
2001#4,32128
2000#3,12144
1999#2,89646
1998#2,79847
1997#2,25960
1996#2,01469
1995#1,70286
1994#1,84177
1993#1,69488
1992#1,92872
1991#1,85776
1990#1,512102
1989#1,277123
1988#1,147133
1987#1,182123
1986#1,029147
1985#981156
1984#851180
1983#736222
1982#698251
1981#722228
1980#662272
1979#538349
1978#488398
1977#409505
1976#452426
1975#440451
1974#461389
1973#450415
1972#478376
1971#488394
1970#550337
1969#567301
1968#551310
1967#612241
1966#748172
1965#738182
1964#689222
1963#670226
1962#739194
1961#799171
1960#736190
1959#777172
1958#955117
1957#1,17780
1956#1,24170
1955#1,77435
1954#1,98728
1953#1,97327
1952#2,12623
1951#2,47417
1950#2,90913
1949#3,17611
1948#4,2057
1947#3,24011
1946#3,6658
1945#3,1329
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Karrie! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1936–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Karrie is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNHWashington: #460 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,278 girlsWAIdaho: #269 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #298 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,212 girlsMNIllinois: #495 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,545 girlsILWisconsin: #343 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,896 girlsWIMichigan: #259 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,693 girlsMINew York: #603 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,469 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedSDIowa: #271 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,859 girlsIAIndiana: #255 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,657 girlsINOhio: #294 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,028 girlsOHPennsylvania: #420 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,474 girlsPANew Jersey: #803 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,254 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #648 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedUTColorado: #385 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,471 girlsCONebraska: #266 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,637 girlsNEMissouri: #502 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,379 girlsMOKentucky: #351 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,654 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedVAMaryland: #401 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,516 girlsARTennessee: #344 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,322 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #401 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,429 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,625 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedHITexas: #843 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,385 girlsTXFlorida: #344 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#255 · 1 in 1,657
  2. Michigan#259 · 1 in 1,693
  3. Nebraska#266 · 1 in 1,637
  4. Idaho#269 · 1 in 1,337
  5. Iowa#271 · 1 in 1,859

Best ever in a state: #170 in Idaho, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#255211 in 1,657
Michigan#259341 in 1,693
Nebraska#26661 in 1,637
Idaho#26951 in 1,337
Iowa#271101 in 1,859
Ohio#294341 in 2,028
Minnesota#298121 in 2,212
Wisconsin#343101 in 2,896
Florida#344211 in 2,096
Tennessee#344121 in 2,322
Kentucky#35191 in 2,654
Colorado#38571 in 2,471
Oklahoma#38671 in 2,429
Arkansas#39851 in 2,516
Maryland#40171 in 2,608
North Carolina#401111 in 2,943
Pennsylvania#420191 in 3,474
Washington#46071 in 3,278
Illinois#495201 in 3,545
Missouri#50271 in 4,379
Alabama#51161 in 3,625
New York#603221 in 4,469
California#648311 in 4,946
New Jersey#80351 in 7,254
Texas#843141 in 7,385
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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 Karrie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
  • 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
  • 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1958 (#1,177 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1985 (#851 → #981)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1977 at #409 (505 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1958–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,036
  • Highest: 1 in 3,036 girls born in 1977 were named Karrie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 40.9% of all girls named Karrie (4,040) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s46#3,132 (1945)#3,484
1950s582#777 (1959)#1,739
1960s2,209#551 (1968)#685
1970s4,040#409 (1977)#475
1980s1,835#662 (1980)#929
1990s723#1,512 (1990)#2,050
2000s264#3,121 (2000)#5,409
2010s128#6,017 (2013)#9,048
2020s38#11,122 (2024)#13,123

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.

Karrie in 1978

girls
#488
398 births · 1 in 3,849 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #488Karrie398
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,849 of them was named Karrie, which outranked 95.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karrie
  1. #484Sasha402
  2. #486Carolina399
  3. #486Lillian399
  4. #488Karrie398
  5. #489Bridgette397
  6. #489Marcy397
  7. #491Tammie396
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →