Karan
Karan was the 7005th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1332nd with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,655 places. More babies were named Karan in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,005 boys, down 183 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199578 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,962babies recorded
Karan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #7,005 | — | 12 |
| 2020 | — | #6,822 | — | 12 |
| 2010 | — | #3,349 | — | 33 |
| 2000 | #16,239 | #2,033 | 5 | 50 |
| 1990 | — | #2,031 | — | 37 |
| 1980 | #5,368 | — | 13 | — |
| 1970 | #1,918 | — | 45 | — |
| 1960 | #1,027 | — | 110 | — |
| 1950 | #863 | — | 106 | — |
| 1940 | #1,362 | — | 31 | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Karan, counting every spelling?
Karan is a spelling of Karon, a name family that had 38 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 38 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Karan?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karan (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Karan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karan?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Karan are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 18 and 31. That makes Karan mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karan
How popular is the name Karan?
Karan was the 7005th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1332nd with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,655 places. More babies were named Karan in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Karan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Karan in the US.