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How popular is the name Caren?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carens are alive today.
Caren (female), a spelling of Karen, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2011 (ranked 5785th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 3 babies were given the name, the 3795th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Karen you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Karens born in England and Wales are between 55 and 64, and there are at least 200,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 47% chance that at least one of them will be called Karen.
How many babies are named Caren each year?
Includes all spellings: Caren, Karen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Caren spelling rank?
Where does the Karen spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Caren most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Karen, peaked in 1964, when around 13,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Caren spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Caren?
At least 200,000 people named Caren in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Caren?
Most living Carens are between 55 and 64; the most common age is about 62.
Is Caren becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.