Karan Boy
How popular is Karan?
#6,799 boy name in 2025
12 baby boys were named Karan in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
4,236living people named Karan (est.)
60median age of people named Karan
4,962babies named Karan since 1880
1 in 276,279US babies born in 2025
Karan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,799 for boys (▼ 1144 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,293 in 2015, #6,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (78 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,322 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karon family of names ranked #1,282 for boys in 2025 (#1,198 the year before), with 122 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karon | 21 | 17% |
| Karan | 12 | 10% |
| Kairen | 28 | 23% |
| Kairyn | 16 | 13% |
| Caron | 5 | 4% |
| Kairon | 16 | 13% |
| Carin | 6 | 5% |
| Kayron | 12 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Karan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1980s | 111 | #2,677 |
| 1990s | 529 | #1,322 |
| 2000s | 552 | #1,560 |
| 2010s | 234 | #3,229 |
| 2020s | 81 | #5,557 |
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Questions
- Is Karan a boy or girl name?
- Karan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karan were boys.
- How popular is the name Karan?
- 12 baby boys were named Karan in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
- When was Karan most popular?
- Karan peaked in 1995, when 78 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,322 in 1995.
- How many people are named Karan?
- 4,962 babies have been named Karan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,236 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.