Name Legacy

Kareen

Recorded 1921–2020 · United States

Kareen was most popular in 1975, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,928 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,048 people named Kareen.

Most popular in1975
Rank that year#1,928
Births that year100
Total since 18802,048
Given to64% girls

Kareen over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Kareen’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kareen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kareen is a unisex name — 63.8% of the 2,048 Americans given it were girls and 36.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1991 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 66% girls and 34% 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 Kareen

Where Kareen 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