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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Caren

Caren was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 485th with 387 babies. More babies were named Caren in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1957387 babies
Total since 1880
9,560babies recorded

Caren popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#5,45725
2000#2,98447
1990#2,13161
1980#1,276100
1970#803172
1960#583288
1950#652171
1940#1,02449
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Caren, counting every spelling?

Caren has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Caren?

About 8,000 people born in the US named Caren are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 49 and 70. That makes Caren a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Caren by state

How common Caren was among girls born in each state in 1955–1959, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.1×), New Jersey (2.0×), California (1.7×), Connecticut (1.7×). In 24 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesWI0.11Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesWA0.18Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMN0.07Illinois: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIL0.13Michigan: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMI0.14New York: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesNY0.33Massachusetts: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMA0.22Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIN0.02Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.31Connecticut: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesCT0.26Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesCA0.26Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCO0.05Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMO0.15Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesVA0.08Maryland: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMD0.09Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKS0.09Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesDC0.07Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesGA0.18Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesTX0.13Florida: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesFL0.12
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Caren, girls, 1955–1959. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Caren: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Caren, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Caren

How popular is the name Caren?

Caren was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 485th with 387 babies. More babies were named Caren in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Caren a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 9,560 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Caren most popular?

In 1955–1959, Caren was most common in New York (0.33 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and California.