Is Karys a boy or girl name?

Karys is a girl’s name. Of the 509 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Karys

Recorded 1994–2025 · United States

Karys was most popular in 2006, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,160 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 509 people named Karys.

Karys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Karys’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Karys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Karys is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 509 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

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