How rare is the name Karin?

34,535 people in the United States have the first name Karin, about 1 in 8,746. It ranks #1,150 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARIN

#1,150

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
34,535
About
1 in 8,746
This common or more
72%
Who bears it

Of the 34,535 people named Karin, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as Black. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karin peaked in 1970, when 1,051 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19072025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
1,051
In 2025*
6 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 28,731 babies have been given the name since 1907. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Karin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #561. The largest share of babies named Karin, 39.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#4,6306
1910s#4,76977
1920s#5,199104
1930s#1,717557
1940s#8152,812
1950s#6635,769
1960s#5618,796
1970s#6836,042
1980s#1,2782,436
1990s#2,4861,134
2000s#4,860579
2010s#7,962302
2020s#10,491117
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–456.7%
Baby boom 1946–6439.4%
Generation X 1965–8038.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.3%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later1.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Karin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karin has been most common in Minnesota (2.7×), Washington (2.3×), and Connecticut (2×), and least common in South Carolina (0.09×).

24,578 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 Karin

#1,148 Alissa · 34,758#1,149 Kaiden · 34,685#1,151 Lesley · 34,454#1,152 Rickey · 34,441

Spelled almost the same

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

#33 Karen · 882,576#671 Karina · 78,579#1,965 Karyn · 14,141#2,754 Karim · 8,470#3,000 Karon · 7,463#3,124 Karan · 7,018#4,723 Karine · 3,848#23,266 Karrin · 422

Also a last name

As a last name, Karin ranks #84,231 of 156,621, with 240 people. See Karin as a last name

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