Girls' name · since 1956
Karian
Karian has 41 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karian is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 1956.
Karian has 41 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2007.
- #37,276 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karian ranks #37,276 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #37,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karian's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karian splits its recorded history at 1986: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1976 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2007
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Karian by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (12 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Karian's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Karian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 12 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Karian's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Karian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1956–2007 (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 Karian 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.