Girls' name · since 1935
Karis
Karis has 6,744 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,023 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,744
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karis currently ranks #2023 among girls' names in America, with 6,744 babies recorded since 1935.
Karis has 6,744 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2023 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2025.
- #2,117 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,023 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,744 born since 1935
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karis ranks #2,117 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,023 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,744 born since 1935, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,023 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,744
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karis's 6,744 recorded births place it above 97.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Karis compares
6,744 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Karis's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,744 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 310 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karis's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 89% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 11%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 310, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karis popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 310
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Karis popularity over time - boys
104 total births recorded since 1971 (Karis as boys' name)
Karis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,254 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Karis's strongest decade.
2,254 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Karis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 24
1940s
24 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 146
1960s
146 births
- 1970s 233
1970s
233 births
- 1980s 459
1980s
459 births
- 1990s 762
1990s
762 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,130 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,254 births
- 2020s 664
2020s
664 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,254 births (33% of all-time use).
How Karis 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 Karis's total volume
Karis by state
Where Karis concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 743 | 11.0% |
| #2 | California | | 670 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 283 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 235 | 3.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 228 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 217 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 172 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 164 | 2.4% |
743 of 6,744 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Karis appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karis's data
- Karis's decade-level peak was the 2010s (2,254 total births); usage has since declined to 664 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kariss (743 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Karis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~90 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, 1935–2025 (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 Karis 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.