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Baby name
Karen
Girl
Origin of the name
Karen is a Danish form of Katherine.
Short-lived name
987,989births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 1957
Where babies named Karen are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Karen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Karen is most common in District of Columbia (1.7 times), Rhode Island (1.5) and Wisconsin (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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