Karan is an uncommon variant of Karen that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Karan is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Karan was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1956 (170 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,005 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,778 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,791 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,650 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,668 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,822 |
| 2019 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,684 |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,208 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,662 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,431 |
| 2015 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,350 |
| 2014 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,974 |
| 2013 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,541 |
| 2012 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,273 |
| 2011 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,735 |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,349 |
| 2009 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,639 |
| 2008 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,257 |
| 2007 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,054 |
| 2006 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,809 |
| 2005 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,997 |
| 2004 | 82 | 82 | #11,154 | #1,737 |
| 2003 | 74 | 74 | #14,760 | #1,772 |
| 2002 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,880 |
| 2001 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,569 |
| 2000 | 55 | 55 | #16,239 | #2,033 |
| 1999 | 86 | 86 | #7,455 | #1,539 |
| 1998 | 52 | 52 | — | #1,888 |
| 1997 | 58 | — | #14,855 | #1,805 |
| 1996 | 73 | — | #11,139 | #1,526 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | #8,381 | #1,332 |
| 1994 | 68 | — | #11,098 | #1,538 |
| 1993 | 36 | — | — | #2,186 |
| 1992 | 51 | — | #7,255 | #2,024 |
| 1991 | 40 | — | #12,211 | #2,172 |
| 1990 | 37 | — | — | #2,031 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #7,702 | #2,844 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | #8,014 | #2,730 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | #6,525 | #3,017 |
| 1986 | 22 | — | #11,750 | #2,950 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #6,676 | #5,455 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | #4,835 | #3,368 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #5,985 | #4,710 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #7,788 | — |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #5,403 | #5,877 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #5,368 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #3,963 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,341 | — |
| 1977 | 24 | — | #3,218 | — |
| 1976 | 16 | — | #4,044 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | — | #3,093 | — |
| 1974 | 22 | — | #3,159 | — |
| 1973 | 28 | — | #2,952 | #5,476 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | #2,372 | — |
| 1971 | 52 | — | #1,743 | — |
| 1970 | 45 | — | #1,918 | — |
| 1969 | 50 | — | #1,718 | — |
| 1968 | 49 | — | #1,659 | — |
| 1967 | 56 | — | #1,500 | — |
| 1966 | 80 | — | #1,204 | — |
| 1965 | 91 | — | #1,102 | — |
| 1964 | 101 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1963 | 85 | — | #1,184 | — |
| 1962 | 115 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1961 | 112 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1960 | 110 | — | #1,027 | — |
| 1959 | 152 | — | #833 | — |
| 1958 | 137 | — | #872 | — |
| 1957 | 164 | — | #787 | — |
| 1956 | 170 | — | #746 | — |
| 1955 | 156 | — | #766 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | — | #900 | — |
| 1953 | 109 | — | #902 | — |
| 1952 | 110 | — | #879 | — |
| 1951 | 98 | — | #930 | — |
| 1950 | 106 | — | #863 | — |
| 1949 | 95 | — | #912 | — |
| 1948 | 87 | — | #932 | — |
| 1947 | 98 | — | #895 | — |
| 1946 | 95 | — | #850 | — |
| 1945 | 59 | — | #1,007 | — |
| 1944 | 73 | — | #895 | — |
| 1943 | 91 | — | #811 | — |
| 1942 | 84 | — | #833 | — |
| 1941 | 56 | — | #979 | — |
| 1940 | 31 | — | #1,362 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,494 | — |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,836 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,623 | — |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,447 | — |