Girls' name · since 2008
Karelys
73 babies named Karelys in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karelys currently ranks #12752 among girls' names in America, with 73 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karelys has been recorded 73 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #12752 nationally and more common than 26% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #30,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,752 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karelys ranks #30,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,752 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 73 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karelys's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Karelys compares
73 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Karelys's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karelys | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karelys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karelys's full recorded timeline at 2015, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karelys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Karelys by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Karelys's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Karelys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Karelys's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karelys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Karelys 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.