girls:
28.5k births since 1907
#843 (85th percentile)
boys:
185 births since 1968
#4401 (4th percentile)
overall:
28.7k births since 1907
#1503 (81st percentile)
The name Karin is the #1,503 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,699 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 80.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #843 (85.3% percentile) for all time with 28,514 births since 1907. For boys, it ranks #4,401 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 185 births since 1968.
Karin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Karin is available in 113 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (113 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Karin has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 52.4% of babies named Karin were girls.
For girls, Karin reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 65.3% percentile (ranked #269) with 574 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 574 births per million (ranked 65.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1971, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Karin ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 1.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Karin reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #914) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Karin ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karin".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Karin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.0% confident that Karin is pronounced as KAH-rihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-rihn, at 28.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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