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How popular is the name Keren?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kerens are alive today.
Keren (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Karen in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 23 babies were given the name, the 1153rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak.
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 Keren each year?
Includes all spellings: Keren, Karen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Keren 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 Keren 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 Keren spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 23 babies.
How many people are called Keren?
At least 200,000 people named Keren in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Keren?
Most living Kerens are between 55 and 64; the most common age is about 62.
Is Keren becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.