Girls' name · since 1950
Karie
5,356 babies named Karie in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,356
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
5,356 babies have been named Karie since 1950, making it today's #12094 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karie has been recorded 5,356 times among girls since 1950, currently ranked #12094 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #2,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,094 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,356 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karie ranks #2,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,094 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,356 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,356
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Karie's 5,356 recorded births place it above 96.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karie compares
5,356 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Karie's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,356 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 293 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karie splits its recorded history at 1986: 21% of all births land in the more recent half, 79% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 293 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 293
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Karie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (2,143 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Karie's strongest decade.
2,143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Karie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 295
1950s
295 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,049 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,143 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,148 births
- 1990s 447
1990s
447 births
- 2000s 167
2000s
167 births
- 2010s 73
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 2,143 births (40% of all-time use).
How Karie 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 Karie's total volume
Karie by state
Where Karie concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 610 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 343 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 241 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 238 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 189 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 176 | 3.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 165 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 133 | 2.5% |
610 of 5,356 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Karie appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karie's data
- Karie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (2,143 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karies (610 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
Names with a similar popularity rank to Karie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Karie 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.