Unisex name · since 1980
Karle
94 babies named Karle in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 94 recorded since 1980.
Karle has 94 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2007.
- #27,792 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karle ranks #27,792 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,792 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Karle's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karle's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2007
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Karle popularity over time - boys
56 total births recorded since 1938 (Karle as boys' name)
Karle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (35 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Karle's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Karle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 35 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Karle's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2000s (27) -- 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 Karle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1980–2007 (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 Karle 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.