KAREN is ranked as the 24th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,469,388.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 460.83 people named KAREN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KAREN is 883,773.
The SSA data also shows that KAREN is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KAREN is
80.8% White,
4.2% Hispanic origin,
11.2% Black,
1.9% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KAREN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KAREN is included in the following name categories:
Danish feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English feminine given name
Armenian masculine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KAREN
The state with the most people named
KAREN is
California where
153,341 people have this name.
Wisconsin is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KAREN, as
635.3 in every 100,000
Wisconsinites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Wisconsin is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Mississippi
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KAREN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
63,116
490.01
100.0%
Indiana
32,662
495.11
99.9%
Iowa
16,605
534.41
99.9%
Kansas
14,451
497.63
99.9%
Michigan
57,674
581.98
100.0%
Minnesota
32,052
587.34
99.9%
Missouri
7,605
254
99.7%
Nebraska
9,717
516.46
99.8%
North Dakota
4,093
553.51
99.6%
Ohio
62,937
542.83
99.9%
South Dakota
4,448
521.34
99.6%
Wisconsin
36,578
635.3
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name KAREN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,743
508.05
99.6%
Arizona
30,315
450.34
99.9%
California
153,341
395.18
100.0%
Colorado
28,127
525.16
99.9%
Hawaii
5,142
362.19
99.9%
Idaho
7,691
470.53
99.8%
Montana
4,989
487.42
99.7%
Nevada
11,611
408.96
99.9%
New Mexico
7,988
383.02
99.7%
Oregon
20,896
526.31
99.9%
Utah
13,060
443.78
99.9%
Washington
38,891
550.75
100.0%
Wyoming
2,490
426.22
99.5%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KAREN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KAREN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KAREN.
The most popular full name is KAREN Smith.
0.87% of all the people named KAREN
have this family name.
There are 82532 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name KAREN