Karun — boys' name
16 babies named Karun in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Karun since 1987, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2011.
- 16
- total births
- 1987–2011
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Karun was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Karun in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karun
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Karun between 1987 and 2011, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Karun shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karun 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 16 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.
Karun at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1987
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
16 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 6 births in a single year.
Karun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Karun's all-time total
Karun decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Karun's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1987–2011 (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.