How rare is the name Caren?

9,317 people in the United States have the first name Caren, about 1 in 32,417. It ranks #2,579 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAREN

#2,579

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,317
About
1 in 32,417
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,317 people named Caren, 75.8% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caren peaked in 1957, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252019
Peak year
1957
Births that year
387
In 2019
6 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,560 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Caren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #991. The largest share of babies named Caren, 49.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#13,8275
1930s#6,49551
1940s#1,2691,201
1950s#9912,682
1960s#1,1242,451
1970s#1,5541,470
1980s#2,749699
1990s#4,573450
2000s#5,962428
2010s#14,684123
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–455.7%
Baby boom 1946–6449.9%
Generation X 1965–8027.6%
Millennials 1981–969.8%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Caren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caren has been most common in New York (2.6×), California (2.1×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.27×).

6,474 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Caren

#2,577 Brodie · 9,321#2,578 Selene · 9,318#2,580 Davon · 9,316#2,581 Demetria · 9,313

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caren, most common first.

#2,298 Caryn · 11,223#4,123 Carin · 4,666#4,570 Caron · 4,026#19,629 Carren · 536#23,725 Carena · 411#24,147 Careen · 401#35,436 Caran · 227#38,064 Carene · 203

Also a last name

As a last name, Caren ranks #85,054 of 156,621, with 237 people. See Caren as a last name

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