Girls' name · since 1939
Carren
Carren has 385 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 385
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Carren sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 385 recorded since 1939.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carren has been recorded 385 times among girls since 1939, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1994.
- #13,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 385 born since 1939
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carren ranks #13,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 385 born since 1939, peaking in the 1960s.
- #13,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 385
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Carren's 385 recorded births place it above 80.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carren's full recorded timeline at 1962, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1994
- Peak year (1970)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Carren by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (110 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Carren's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Carren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
79 births
- 1950s
1950s
91 births
- 1960s
1960s
110 births
- 1970s
1970s
72 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 110 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Carren's decade-level peak was the 1960s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~55 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, 1939–1994 (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 Carren 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.