Girls' name · since 1989
Karysa
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 130 babies named Karysa, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karysa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 130 have been recorded since 1989.
Karysa has 130 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2010.
- #24,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 130 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karysa ranks #24,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Karysa's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karysa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Karysa's full recorded timeline at 2002, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Karysa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2010
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Karysa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Karysa's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Karysa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Karysa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Karysa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1989–2010 (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 Karysa 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.