Karia — #15569 US girls' name
456 babies named Karia in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Karia was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Karia in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karia
The Social Security Administration has registered 456 babies named Karia between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karia currently holds the #15569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Karia 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 Karia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karia 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 456 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.
Karia at a glance
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Current rank
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Karia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1956
- Peak year (1989)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
Currently ranks #15569 among girls.
456 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 16 births in a single year.
Karia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 95 births that decade — 21% of Karia's all-time total
Karia decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Karia's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Karia by state
Where Karia concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 456 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.1% 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, 1956–2024 (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.