Girls' name · since 1936
Karrie
Karrie has 9,870 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,870
- born since 1936
- 1970s
- peak decade
9,870 babies have been named Karrie since 1936, making it today's #12066 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karrie has been recorded 9,870 times among girls since 1936, currently ranked #12066 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2025.
- #1,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,066 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,870 born since 1936
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karrie ranks #1,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,066 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,870 born since 1936, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,870
- born since 1936
- 1970s
- peak decade
Karrie's 9,870 recorded births place it above 97.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Karrie compares
9,870 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Karrie's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Karrie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,870 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 505 | 21 | 19,840 |
Karrie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karrie splits its recorded history at 1985: 19% of all births land in the more recent half, 81% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 505 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karrie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 505
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Karrie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (4,040 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Karrie's strongest decade.
4,040 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Karrie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 46
1940s
46 births
- 1950s 582
1950s
582 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,209 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,040 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,835 births
- 1990s 723
1990s
723 births
- 2000s 264
2000s
264 births
- 2010s 128
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 4,040 births (41% of all-time use).
How Karrie 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 Karrie's total volume
Karrie by state
Where Karrie concentrates geographically, total births since 1936
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,037 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 732 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 537 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 525 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 513 | 5.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 371 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 334 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 289 | 2.9% |
1,037 of 9,870 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Karrie appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Karrie's data
- Karrie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (4,040 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Karries (1,037 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Karrie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1936–2025 (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 Karrie 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.