Girls' name · since 1967
Karianne
999 babies named Karianne in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 999
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
999 girls have been named Karianne since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Karianne has 999 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2016.
- #7,515 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 999 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karianne ranks #7,515 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 999 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,515 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 999
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Karianne's 999 recorded births place it above 89.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Karianne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karianne's full recorded timeline at 1990, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karianne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2016
- Peak year (1986)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Karianne by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (288 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Karianne's strongest decade.
288 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Karianne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 42
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
288 births
- 1980s
1980s
278 births
- 1990s
1990s
239 births
- 2000s 111
2000s
111 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 288 births (29% of all-time use).
How Karianne compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Karianne's total volume
Karianne by state
Where Karianne concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 3.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
36 of 999 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Karianne's data
- Karianne's decade-level peak was the 1970s (288 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kariannes (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karianne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1967–2016 (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 Karianne 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.