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Karin
Pronounced /ˈkærɪn/
Rank in 2024
#8,194
Born in 2024
13
Peak year
1970 · #278
Origin
Danish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 13 girls were named Karin, about 1 in every 124,091.
- It peaked in 1970 with 1,051 babies, ranked #278.
- It first shows up in the records in 1907.
- 28,532 girls have been named Karin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Karin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 156 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 1,933 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,318 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,047 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,934 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Z: 889 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 255 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Swedish Karin or Danish Karin, a medieval form of Katarina, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē). See also Karen.
- A female given name from Danish [in turn from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē)], variant of Karen.
- Origin
- Danish
- Say it
- /ˈkærɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Karin, CC BY-SA 4.0.