Caren

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caren: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
9times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2001	#3998
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 6 of the 16 years from 1967 to 1982.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1967–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–1982
Highest recorded position: #354 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1967–1982).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Caren appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 6 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 23 births with the name.

Caren across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Caren's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5785 (2011)	3 of 16	9 (1996–2011)	3 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#354 (1967)	#354 (1967)	#523 (1982)	6 of 16	23 (1967–1982)	6 (1980)

Caren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Caren in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	10	3 of 10	3
1980s	9	2 of 10	5

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Caren appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Caren's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Caren was ranked #354 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Caren and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Caren without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Caren

Amy Compare
In 1972 they stood at #354 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #449 and #218.
Cara Compare
In 1972 they stood at #354 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #449 and #248.
Alma Compare
In 1972 they stood at #354 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #449 and #262.
Nina Compare
In 1972 they stood at #354 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #449 and #349.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1967 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Caren

Caren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caren across 2 official records

Caren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caren appears in

Popularity data

Names published alongside Caren

Caren and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Caren

Caren at a glance

Caren across 2 official records

Caren by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caren appears in

Names published alongside Caren

Caren and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Caren