Kaarin — girls' name
89 babies named Kaarin in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Kaarin was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kaarin in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaarin
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Kaarin between 1964 and 1988, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaarin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaarin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaarin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Washington, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaarin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaarin 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 89 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.
Kaarin at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaarin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1964
- Peak year (1968)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
89 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 10 births in a single year.
Kaarin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 39 births that decade — 44% of Kaarin's all-time total
Kaarin decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kaarin's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Kaarin by state
Where Kaarin concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 89 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Washington 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Washington accounts for 5.6% 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, 1964–1988 (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.