girls:
164 births since 1947
#5552 (3rd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1994
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
169 births since 1947
#7570 (2nd percentile)
The name Karn is the #7,570 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 169 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,552 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 164 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1994.
Karn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Karn is available in 24 out of the 48 years between 1947 and 1994 (23 years for girls and 1 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 Karn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female. In 1994, 0.0% of babies named Karn were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1947 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1986 to 1994).
For girls, Karn reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #758) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
For boys, Karn reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #776) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karn".
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