Kaaren — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaaren

The Social Security Administration has registered 884 babies named Kaaren between 1938 and 1994, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaaren currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 191 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaaren performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 558 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kaaren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaaren in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaaren 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 884 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.