Karas — #4836 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karas

The Social Security Administration has registered 630 babies named Karas between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karas currently holds the #4836 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karas performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 505 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Karas in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karas 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 630 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.