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Caren

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Caren is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 484th, in 1957.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1957388 births
Best rank
#484in 1957
Since 1925
9,560people given the name
Babies named Caren, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

9,560 girls have been named Caren in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 388 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 388 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1950s alone account for 28%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Caren
1920s5
1930s51
1940s1,201
1950s2,683
1960s2,450
1970s1,470
1980s699
1990s450
2000s428
2010s123

In 1957, its biggest year

Caren was the 484th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.

Names that rose and fell with Caren

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.