The name Karin is of Scandinavian origin, and is a variation of Catherine.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Karin has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Karin
Use of the Name Karin for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
26,081
20,562
2,412
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Karin has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Karin first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1936, which is the first year shown on the table.
Karin last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1989, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Karin
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1936
923
55
1937
712
92
1938
683
101
1939
652
109
1940
615
129
1941
507
186
1942
343
414
1943
480
236
1944
504
204
1945
554
176
1946
475
275
1947
411
384
1948
367
461
1949
424
345
1950
422
360
1951
378
466
1952
376
479
1953
390
478
1954
365
569
1955
349
607
1956
324
724
1957
345
689
1958
356
667
1959
355
715
1960
358
735
1961
354
727
1962
326
821
1963
311
892
1964
311
883
1965
290
918
1966
296
854
1967
276
946
1968
278
973
1969
281
1,006
1970
278
1,048
1971
308
872
1972
339
666
1973
338
654
1974
376
569
1975
403
503
1976
435
457
1977
423
477
1978
471
419
1979
561
328
1980
552
338
1981
593
310
1982
610
295
1983
709
240
1984
644
272
1985
831
195
1986
801
209
1987
878
193
1988
937
179
1989
964
181
Totals:
26,081
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Karin as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Karin appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 54 times during the last 125 years.