Karis Girl
How popular is Karis?
#2,017 girl name in 2025
94 baby girls were named Karis in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
Karis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,017 for girls (▲ 133 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 94 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,255 in 2015, #1,445 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (310 girls) |
| Highest rank | #859 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1935 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karis family of names ranked #1,180 for girls in 2025 (#1,222 the year before), with 155 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karis is most popular
Babies named Karis per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Karis by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1940s | 24 | #3,861 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,283 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,813 |
| 1970s | 233 | #2,125 |
| 1980s | 459 | #1,832 |
| 1990s | 762 | #1,537 |
| 2000s | 2,130 | #912 |
| 2010s | 2,254 | #859 |
| 2020s | 664 | #1,445 |
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Questions
- Is Karis a boy or girl name?
- Karis is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Karis were girls.
- How popular is the name Karis?
- 94 baby girls were named Karis in the US in 2025, making it the 2017th most popular girl name.
- When was Karis most popular?
- Karis peaked in 2012, when 310 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #859 in 2012.
- How many people are named Karis?
- 6,848 babies have been named Karis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,732 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Karis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karis was most common in Maryland, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.