Is Caris a boy or girl name?

Caris is a girl’s name. Of the 1,215 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.6% were girls and 0.4% were boys.

Caris

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Caris was most popular in 2013, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,870 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,215 people named Caris.

Caris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Caris’s peak in 2013. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Caris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Caris is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 1,215 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Caris

Where Caris is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org