Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Karen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Karen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.5% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

40,590

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1881Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

99.5%

2024

184

All-time

987,811

Karen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 40,590 girls were named Karen.

In 2024, only 184 girls were given the name.

Down 99.5% from its peak.

All told, about 987,811 Americans have been named Karen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.5% from peak

195740,590 girls named Karen

2024184 girls named Karen

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