Karian — girls' name
41 babies named Karian in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Karian was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Karian in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karian
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Karian between 1956 and 2007, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karian performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karian 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 41 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.
Karian at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1956
- Peak year (1976)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
41 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 7 births in a single year.
Karian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 12 births that decade — 29% of Karian's all-time total
Karian decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Karian's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–2007 (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.