Karline — girls' name
47 babies named Karline in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Karline was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Karline in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karline
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Karline between 1929 and 1993, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karline performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Karline shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karline in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 47 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Karline at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1929
- Peak year (1961)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
47 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 6 births in a single year.
Karline by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 15 births that decade — 32% of Karline's all-time total
Karline decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Karline's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.