Cariann — girls' name
281 babies named Cariann in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Cariann was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Cariann in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cariann
The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Cariann between 1967 and 1999, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cariann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cariann performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cariann shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cariann in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cariann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 281 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cariann at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cariann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1967
- Peak year (1973)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
281 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 18 births in a single year.
Cariann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 127 births that decade — 45% of Cariann's all-time total
Cariann decade highlights
- Peak decade 127 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cariann's strongest decade
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Cariann by state
Where Cariann concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 281 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.