How Many People Are Named Karan?
people named Karan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 81,513 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,962 babies named Karan in Social Security records from 1936 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
170 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "clever, skillful" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Karan, 64.8% were girls and 35.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Karan fell from 100% in the 1940s to 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karan alive today is about 50 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 28 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karan first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 1956, to 170 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karan has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #745, in 1956. Among boys, its best rank was #1,327, in 1995.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | #7,001 |
| Best rank | #745 (1956) | #1,327 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #848 in the 1950s | #2,210 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karan were born in California than in any other state: about 452 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karan was given 2.3 times as often in California, 2.3 times in New Jersey and 2.2 times in Texas.
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