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Karan

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70% girls / 30% boys

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Short-lived name

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Karan peaked in 1956, when 1 baby in 24,247 was given the name. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 38% of all babies named Karan since 1880 were born in the 1950s.
3,450births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 745rank at its peak, in 1956

Where babies named Karan are born

1956

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Karan is most common in Texas (3.6 times) and California (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

Elba · Caron · Laurette · Leesa · Larry · Cherrie

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1930s100%0%
1940s100%0%
1950s100%0%
1960s100%0%
1970s98%2%
1980s49%51%
1990s10%90%
2000s3%97%
2010s0%100%
2020s0%100%