Karin — #7968 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karin

The Social Security Administration has registered 28,532 babies named Karin between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karin currently holds the #7968 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 1,051 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8,784 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Karin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,762 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Karin in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karin 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 28,532 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.