Karan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Karan: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #246 in 1967, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#246highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Karan's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2010

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3594
2010	#5707

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 boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1982
Highest recorded position: #246 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1967 (recorded 1964–1982).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Karan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 803 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Karan across 3 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.

Karan'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 · Boys	#365 (1996)	#365 (1996)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	803 (1996–2024)	61 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#246 (1967)	#467 (1982)	13 of 19	72 (1964–1982)	11 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#3594 (2003)	#3594 (2003)	#5707 (2010)	2 of 8	7 (2003–2010)	4 (2003)

Karan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Karan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	202	4 of 10	51
2000sbusiest	348	10 of 10	35
2010s	171	10 of 10	17
2020s	82	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

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

Karan 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #246 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Karan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#884	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#644	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#678	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#599	40	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#889	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#534	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#434	50	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#437	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#455	43	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#365	61	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #246, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 61 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

Karam · #679, 30y
Karamveer · #2189, 22y
Karanveer · #1345, 27y
Kåre · #21, 75y

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.

Katinka · #244, 40y
Esben · #251, 47y
Galina · #241, 39y
Rhoda · #252, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Errol · #246, 30y
Earl · #245, 34y
Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y

Karan was ranked #246 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.

Karan 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 Karan without appearing here.

Karan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Wayne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1152 and #2266.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2325.
Grant Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1152 and #1869.

Moved ahead of Karan

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1516 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1224.
Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1109 and #1144 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1303 and #852.
Jonas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #644 and #663 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #926 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Karan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Karan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karan went from #365 to #1322 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #246 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karan

Karan at a glance

What stands out in Karan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karan across 3 official records

Karan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Karan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Karan at a glance

What stands out in Karan's record

Karan across 3 official records

Karan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Karan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Karan

Karan and the names beside it

Karan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karan

Moved the opposite way to Karan

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