Girls' name · since 1986
Karris
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 180 babies named Karris, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
180 girls have been named Karris since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Karris has 180 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2021.
- #20,900 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 180 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karris ranks #20,900 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 180 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,900 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karris's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karris's full recorded timeline at 2005, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2021
- Peak year (2003)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Karris by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (84 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Karris's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Karris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Karris's decade-level peak was the 2000s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Karris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1986–2021 (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 Karris 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.