Girls' name · since 1948
Caran
116 babies named Caran in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
116 girls have been named Caran since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caran has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1979.
- #25,493 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1948
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caran ranks #25,493 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1948, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,493 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Caran's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caran's full recorded timeline at 1959, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1949, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1979
- Peak year (1957)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Caran by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (54 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Caran's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Caran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
54 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 54 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Caran's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 1970s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caran draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.