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Karin

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Karin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 276th, in 1967.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
130.00% of girls
Peak year
19701,051 births
Best rank
#276in 1967
Since 1907
28,532people given the name
Babies named Karin, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

28,532 girls have been named Karin in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,051 births.

The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 1,051 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Karin
1900s6
1910s77
1920s104
1930s557
1940s2,812
1950s5,769
1960s8,784
1970s6,008
1980s2,419
1990s1,106
2000s536
2010s289
2020s65

In 1970, its biggest year

Karin was the 278th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.

Names that rose and fell with Karin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.