Baby name

Caren

Girl

Classic name

1957 was its best year: 387 births, or 1 baby in 10,856. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 85 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

9,560births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 485rank at its peak, in 1957

Where babies named Caren are born

1957

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The darker the blue, the more common Caren is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Caren is most common in New York (2.6 times), New Jersey (2.1) and California (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Karen 987,989
Carmen 142,795
Maren 13,059
Carey 12,741
Caryn 12,182
Carin 4,515

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