Karin is an established variant of Karen that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Karin is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Karin was first reported in SSA data in 1907 and peaked in 1970 (1,051 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,333 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | #8,187 | #9,422 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #9,292 | #7,997 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | #7,456 | #6,008 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #8,258 | #11,446 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #8,181 | #10,081 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 | #6,875 | #10,292 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | #5,241 | — |
| 2017 | 30 | 30 | #4,630 | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 | #5,214 | — |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | #4,788 | — |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | #5,228 | — |
| 2013 | 37 | 37 | #4,042 | — |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | #4,657 | — |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | #4,863 | #11,569 |
| 2010 | 39 | 39 | #3,919 | — |
| 2009 | 43 | 43 | #3,706 | — |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #3,553 | — |
| 2007 | 50 | 50 | #3,882 | #8,579 |
| 2006 | 63 | 63 | #3,116 | #8,392 |
| 2005 | 51 | 51 | #3,340 | #12,389 |
| 2004 | 55 | 55 | #3,152 | #10,674 |
| 2003 | 59 | 59 | #2,857 | #11,837 |
| 2002 | 68 | 68 | #2,620 | #7,346 |
| 2001 | 71 | 71 | #2,273 | — |
| 2000 | 73 | 73 | #2,183 | — |
| 1999 | 89 | 89 | #1,907 | #9,306 |
| 1998 | 87 | 87 | #1,894 | #9,066 |
| 1997 | 90 | — | #1,726 | — |
| 1996 | 86 | — | #1,742 | — |
| 1995 | 93 | — | #1,693 | #8,339 |
| 1994 | 121 | — | #1,373 | — |
| 1993 | 146 | — | #1,234 | #9,467 |
| 1992 | 112 | — | #1,440 | — |
| 1991 | 148 | — | #1,183 | — |
| 1990 | 162 | — | #1,115 | #8,810 |
| 1989 | 181 | — | #964 | — |
| 1988 | 186 | — | #942 | #6,126 |
| 1987 | 195 | — | #875 | — |
| 1986 | 216 | — | #799 | #7,275 |
| 1985 | 196 | — | #830 | — |
| 1984 | 272 | — | #643 | — |
| 1983 | 245 | — | #710 | #6,779 |
| 1982 | 296 | — | #608 | — |
| 1981 | 312 | — | #590 | — |
| 1980 | 337 | — | #552 | — |
| 1979 | 337 | — | #557 | #5,723 |
| 1978 | 425 | — | #470 | #6,292 |
| 1977 | 482 | — | #427 | #4,387 |
| 1976 | 462 | — | #434 | — |
| 1975 | 503 | — | #403 | — |
| 1974 | 578 | — | #373 | #5,612 |
| 1973 | 654 | — | #337 | — |
| 1972 | 669 | — | #340 | #5,365 |
| 1971 | 881 | — | #307 | #5,288 |
| 1970 | 1,051 | — | #278 | — |
| 1969 | 1,014 | — | #280 | #4,712 |
| 1968 | 978 | — | #278 | #3,520 |
| 1967 | 949 | — | #276 | — |
| 1966 | 855 | — | #296 | — |
| 1965 | 918 | — | #290 | — |
| 1964 | 886 | — | #310 | — |
| 1963 | 898 | — | #310 | — |
| 1962 | 826 | — | #326 | — |
| 1961 | 734 | — | #352 | — |
| 1960 | 738 | — | #358 | — |
| 1959 | 721 | — | #355 | — |
| 1958 | 669 | — | #356 | — |
| 1957 | 690 | — | #345 | — |
| 1956 | 725 | — | #324 | — |
| 1955 | 606 | — | #349 | — |
| 1954 | 571 | — | #363 | — |
| 1953 | 482 | — | #387 | — |
| 1952 | 477 | — | #378 | — |
| 1951 | 468 | — | #378 | — |
| 1950 | 360 | — | #423 | — |
| 1949 | 347 | — | #421 | — |
| 1948 | 461 | — | #367 | — |
| 1947 | 384 | — | #411 | — |
| 1946 | 275 | — | #475 | — |
| 1945 | 175 | — | #555 | — |
| 1944 | 205 | — | #503 | — |
| 1943 | 236 | — | #480 | — |
| 1942 | 415 | — | #343 | — |
| 1941 | 185 | — | #509 | — |
| 1940 | 129 | — | #616 | — |
| 1939 | 109 | — | #651 | — |
| 1938 | 101 | — | #684 | — |
| 1937 | 92 | — | #712 | — |
| 1936 | 55 | — | #924 | — |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1934 | 40 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1933 | 44 | — | #1,057 | — |
| 1932 | 32 | — | #1,306 | — |
| 1931 | 22 | — | #1,658 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,781 | — |
| 1929 | 15 | — | #2,248 | — |
| 1928 | 16 | — | #2,237 | — |
| 1927 | 10 | — | #3,173 | — |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #3,167 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,237 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,838 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,329 | — |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #3,053 | — |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,269 | — |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,466 | — |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,899 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,440 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,348 | — |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,739 | — |
| 1915 | 13 | — | #2,316 | — |
| 1914 | 11 | — | #2,190 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,431 | — |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,799 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,940 | — |