Kariann — girls' name
789 babies named Kariann in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Kariann was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Kariann in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kariann
The Social Security Administration has registered 789 babies named Kariann between 1965 and 2015, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kariann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kariann performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kariann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kariann in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kariann 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 789 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.
Kariann at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kariann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1965
- Peak year (1986)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
789 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 31 births in a single year.
Kariann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 241 births that decade — 31% of Kariann's all-time total
Kariann decade highlights
- Peak decade 241 births
- Runner-up 220 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kariann's strongest decade
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Kariann by state
Where Kariann concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 32 | 4.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 2.2% |
32 of 789 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.1% 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, 1965–2015 (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.