Karin

Karin was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Karin as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Karin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2024#7,967 (13)————
2023#8,989 (11)————
2022#7,281 (15)————
2021#8,024 (13)#3,192 (7)———
2020#7,969 (13)#4,535 (4)———
2019#6,698 (17)#3,541 (6)———
2018#5,152 (25)————
2017#4,576 (30)————
2016#5,130 (26)#4,096 (5)———
2015#4,725 (29)#2,705 (9)———
2014#5,163 (26)#4,684 (4)———
2013#4,002 (37)#3,536 (6)——#3,286 (5)
2012#4,601 (31)#3,681 (6)——#2,338 (8)
2011#4,807 (29)#3,549 (6)——#2,899 (6)
2010#3,889 (39)#1,993 (13)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #5,874.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.
  • In 2024, 62% of US babies named Karin were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Karin is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 510,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarinCanadaGirls—too few
KarinEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KarinIrelandGirls—too few
KarinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarinScotlandGirls—too few
KarinUSGirls—too few
KarinUSBoys#10,6956