Caris

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Caris: Recorded since 1996, it reached #430 in 2010, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#430highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1365
1998	#955
1999	#1317
2000	#1139
2001	#1170
2002	#1530
2003	#1552
2004	#1209
2005	#1121
2006	#1983
2007	#1573
2008	#1516
2009	#2326
2010	#2392
2011	#1729
2012	#4838
2013	#1587
2014	#2058
2015	#3252
2016	#2233
2017	#2706
2018	#2187
2019	#5591
2021	#4634
2022	#5669

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 England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2010: #430 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2392 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Caris by decade in England and Wales · 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 Caris in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	155	10 of 10	16
2010s	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Caris 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 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #430 in Northern Ireland in 2010.

Caris'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2022, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #430, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Carina · #60, 67y
Carine · #278, 31y
Carissa · #1112, 27y
Carl · #41, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marcy · #430, 26y
Star · #430, 29y
Yousuf · #430, 30y
Kenna · #431, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Marcy · #430, 26y
Star · #430, 29y
Yousuf · #430, 30y
Kenna · #431, 26y

Caris was ranked #430 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2010. 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.

Caris 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 Caris without appearing here.

Caris moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #5742.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Caris

Logan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #1703.
Teddy Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #2340 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #1854.
Jesse Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #2340 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2040.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2040.

Moved the opposite way to Caris

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Caris

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Caris went from #1112 to #5669 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #430 in Northern Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caris

Caris at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caris by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Caris at a glance

Caris by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Caris moved ahead of

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