How rare is the name Karis?

5,873 people in the United States have the first name Karis, about 1 in 51,427. It ranks #3,522 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KARIS

#3,522

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,873
About
1 in 51,427
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,873 people named Karis, 60% reported their origin as White, 16.3% as Black and 8.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karis peaked in 2012, when 310 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19352025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
310
In 2025*
94 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,848 babies have been given the name since 1935. 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.

Karis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,954. The largest share of babies named Karis, 48%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#8,83924
1950s#7,17367
1960s#5,228146
1970s#4,655248
1980s#3,543476
1990s#3,185768
2000s#1,9542,162
2010s#2,0162,270
2020s#3,265682
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.3%
Generation X 1965–805.2%
Millennials 1981–9613.3%
Generation Z 1997–1248%
2013 and later30.9%

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 Karis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karis has been most common in Georgia (2.4×), Texas (2.3×), and Maryland (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.4×).

4,181 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.

Exactly as common as Karis

1 other first name also has 5,873 people.

#3,522 Yoselin · 5,873

Either side of Karis

#3,520 Giovanny · 5,876#3,521 Darci · 5,874#3,522 Yoselin · 5,873#3,524 Antonella · 5,869

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,488 Karisa · 2,468#14,906 Karas · 781#20,104 Karys · 517#30,462 Karris · 286#46,524 Kariss · 143

Also a last name

As a last name, Karis ranks #38,825 of 156,621, with 613 people. See Karis as a last name

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