Karn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karn

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Karn between 1947 and 1976, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karn 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 164 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.