Girls' name · since 1999
Karelin
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Karelin, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,793 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Karelin since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Karelin recorded 28 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2009.
- #41,793 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karelin ranks #41,793 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,793 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karelin's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karelin's full recorded timeline at 2007, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2009
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Karelin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 79% of the file).
2000s was Karelin's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Karelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1999–2009 (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 Karelin 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.