girls:
3.5k births since 1936
#2948 (48th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1973
#3167 (31st percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1936
#3886 (50th percentile)
The name Karan is the #3,886 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,934 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 49.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,948 (48.4% percentile) for all time with 3,450 births since 1936. For boys, it ranks #3,167 (30.9% percentile) for all time with 1,484 births since 1973.
Karan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (1936 for girls and 1973 for boys).
The name Karan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Karan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1987, the name was more popular for girls (98.4% girls from 1936 to 1986), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.8% boys from 1987 to 2023).
For girls, Karan reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 21.9% percentile (ranked #584) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 83 births per million (ranked 21.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
For boys, Karan reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #727) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 39 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Karan ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 22.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Karan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.3% confident that Karan is pronounced as KAH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ruhn, at 22.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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