Karene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karene

The Social Security Administration has registered 501 babies named Karene between 1916 and 1997, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karene performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karene 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 501 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.