Karrie — #11173 US girls' name
9,863 babies named Karrie in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Karrie was born in this single decade.
505 babies were named Karrie in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karrie
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,863 babies named Karrie between 1936 and 2024, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karrie currently holds the #11173 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 505 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karrie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,040 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Karrie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,037 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Karrie in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karrie 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 9,863 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.
Karrie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Karrie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1936
- Peak year (1977)
- 505
- Annual births at peak — across 89 years of records
Currently ranks #11173 among girls.
9,863 total births across 89 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 505 births in a single year.
Karrie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 4,040 births that decade — 41% of Karrie's all-time total
Karrie decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,040 births
- Runner-up 2,209 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Karrie's strongest decade
4,040 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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 9,863 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 7.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Karrie appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1936–2024 (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.