How rare is the name Karine?

3,848 people in the United States have the first name Karine, about 1 in 78,491. It ranks #4,723 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KARINE

#4,723

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,848
About
1 in 78,491
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,848 people named Karine, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karine peaked in 1966, when 53 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19172025
Peak year
1966
Births that year
53
In 2025*
6 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,212 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.

Karine by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,273. The largest share of babies named Karine, 31.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#13,0426
1930s#8,60322
1940s#6,70954
1950s#8,44944
1960s#4,273208
1970s#5,512192
1980s#6,202209
1990s#7,856209
2000s#11,965158
2010s#20,97768
2020s#21,06337
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–454.5%
Baby boom 1946–649.6%
Generation X 1965–8031.2%
Millennials 1981–9627.9%
Generation Z 1997–1219.7%
2013 and later6.3%

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.

Exactly as common as Karine

1 other first name also has 3,848 people.

#4,723 Jaquelin · 3,848

Either side of Karine

#4,722 Berry · 3,849#4,723 Jaquelin · 3,848#4,725 Brittanie · 3,846#4,726 Karleigh · 3,844

Spelled almost the same

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

#671 Karina · 78,579#1,150 Karin · 34,535#6,805 Karime · 2,315#17,946 Karene · 606#26,105 Karinne · 359#35,980 Karyne · 222#49,014 Karrine · 128#49,815 Karineh · 123

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