Girls' name · since 1996
Karington
Karington has 158 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
158 girls have been named Karington since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karington has been recorded 158 times among girls since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2017.
- #22,252 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 158 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karington ranks #22,252 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 158 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karington's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karington's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karington's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karington popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Karington by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Karington's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Karington births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Karington's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2010s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Karington: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1996–2017 (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 Karington 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.