How Many People Are Named Karren?
An estimated 1,479 people in the United States have the first name Karren. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 64 years old, and Karren peaked in popularity in 1943 with 100 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karren 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 Karren paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,479
About 1 in 231,747 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
64
years old
Peak Year
1943
100 births
Total Registered
2,177
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karren
Karren is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,177 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karren as a female name
Ranked #14,218 in 2010
7 female births in 2010
Peak: 1943 (100 births)
Karren: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karren span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 698 babies were registered. Karren has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karren by Decade
How has Karren 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.
Karren by State
Birth registrations for Karren span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Utah. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Arkansas. On average, about 30 Karrens were registered per state.
Karren + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karren as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karren
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karren: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karren?
We estimate approximately 1,479 people named Karren 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 231,747 Americans share this first name.
Is Karren a common name?
Karren is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,177 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karren most popular?
Karren reached peak popularity in 1943, when 100 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karren is approximately 64 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karren a female name?
Karren is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karren Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karren Smith, Karren Johnson, Karren 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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