girls:
1.4k births since 1989
#4323 (24th percentile)
boys:
286 births since 1987
#4300 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1987
#6058 (22nd percentile)
The name Karrington is the #6,058 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,692 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 21.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,323 (24.3% percentile) for all time with 1,406 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,300 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 286 births since 1987.
Karrington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1989 for girls).
The name Karrington has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 78.3% of babies named Karrington were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (58.3% boys from 1987 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (86.8% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Karrington reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 10.5% percentile (ranked #803) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 50 births per million (ranked 10.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Karrington ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Karrington reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #779) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Karrington ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karrington".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Karrington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Karrington is pronounced as KAR-rihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-rihngt-uhn, at 28.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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