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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #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 1979

  • 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: #390 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,532 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,555 girlsMNIllinois: #521 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,931 girlsILWisconsin: #385 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,399 girlsWIMichigan: #288 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,986 girlsMINew York: #618 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,711 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: #281 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,970 girlsIAIndiana: #406 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,294 girlsINOhio: #442 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,794 girlsOHPennsylvania: #412 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,258 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #907 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 8,166 girlsCAUtah: #356 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsUTColorado: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,731 girlsCONebraska: #215 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsNEMissouri: #312 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsMOKentucky: #313 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,226 girlsKYWest Virginia: #254 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,523 girlsWVVirginia: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,864 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #392 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,591 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #363 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,314 girlsOKLouisiana: #795 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,851 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #371 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsALGeorgia: #447 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,056 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karrie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,092 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,111 girlsTXFlorida: #497 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,348 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#215 · 1 in 1,145
  2. West Virginia#254 · 1 in 1,523
  3. Iowa#281 · 1 in 1,970
  4. Michigan#288 · 1 in 1,986
  5. Missouri#312 · 1 in 2,153

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#21591 in 1,145
West Virginia#25481 in 1,523
Iowa#281101 in 1,970
Michigan#288301 in 1,986
Missouri#312151 in 2,153
Kentucky#313111 in 2,226
Utah#35671 in 2,296
Oklahoma#36381 in 2,314
Alabama#371101 in 2,292
Wisconsin#38591 in 3,399
Washington#390101 in 2,532
Arkansas#39251 in 2,591
Indiana#406111 in 3,294
Pennsylvania#412211 in 3,258
Ohio#442191 in 3,794
Georgia#447111 in 3,056
Florida#497141 in 3,348
Minnesota#51751 in 5,555
Illinois#521191 in 3,931
Colorado#52451 in 3,731
Virginia#56661 in 4,864
New York#618211 in 4,711
Louisiana#79551 in 5,851
California#907201 in 8,166
Texas#1,092101 in 11,111
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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 1979

girls
#538
349 births · 1 in 4,600 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #538Karrie349
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 4,600 of them was named Karrie, which outranked 95.5% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karrie
  1. #535Silvia351
  2. #536Gail350
  3. #536Lucy350
  4. #538Karrie349
  5. #539Adrian348
  6. #539Cari348
  7. #541Marjorie347
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →