Girls' name · since 1929
Karline
Since 1929, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Karline, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
47 girls have been named Karline since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Karline has 47 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1993.
- #35,708 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1929
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karline ranks #35,708 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1929, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1929
- 1990s
- peak decade
Karline's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karline's full recorded timeline at 1983, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1993
- Peak year (1961)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Karline by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Karline's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Karline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (32% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Karline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1929–1993 (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 Karline 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.