How Many People Are Named Karine?
An estimated 1,061 people in the United States have the first name Karine. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Karine peaked in popularity in 1966 with 53 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karine as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Karine paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,061
About 1 in 323,048 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1966
53 births
Total Registered
1,206
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karine
Karine is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,206 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karine as a female name
Ranked #9,935 in 2023
10 female births in 2023
Peak: 1966 (53 births)
Karine: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karine span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 209 babies were registered. Karine has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karine by Decade
How has Karine tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Karine by State
Birth registrations for Karine span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Illinois. The lowest are in Texas, New Jersey, Illinois. On average, about 60 Karines were registered per state.
Karine + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karine as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karine
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karine: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karine?
We estimate approximately 1,061 people named Karine are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 323,048 Americans share this first name.
Is Karine a common name?
Karine is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,206 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karine most popular?
Karine reached peak popularity in 1966, when 53 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karine is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karine a female name?
Karine is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karine Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karine Smith, Karine Johnson, Karine Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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