Girls' name · since 1917
Karine
Karine has 1,212 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,212
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karine currently ranks #13326 among girls' names in America, with 1,212 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karine has been recorded 1,212 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #13326 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #6,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,212 born since 1917
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karine ranks #6,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,212 born since 1917, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,212
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karine's 1,212 recorded births place it above 90.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Karine compares
1,212 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Karine's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 53 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karine's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1966 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1966)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Karine by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (209 births, 17% of the file).
1980s was Karine's strongest decade.
209 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Karine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 54
1940s
54 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s
1960s
208 births
- 1970s
1970s
192 births
- 1980s
1980s
209 births
- 1990s
1990s
209 births
- 2000s
2000s
158 births
- 2010s 68
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 209 births (17% of all-time use).
How Karine 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 Karine's total volume
Karine by state
Where Karine concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 188 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 95 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
188 of 1,212 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Karine's data
- Karine's decade-level peak was the 1980s (209 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karines (188 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Karine 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.