Karin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karin: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #10, and it stood at #476 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
113times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#10highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for
13names it appears alongside

What stands out in Karin's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 80 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1802
1999	#1557
2000	#3912
2001	#1728
2002	#2868
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2007	#5201
2008	#2150
2009	#2759
2010	#1993
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2015	#2705
2016	#4096
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#3192

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 Norway in 80 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2021: #442 among girls in Norway, #3192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #10 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #10 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #476 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Karin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 80 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 9,444 births with the name.

Karin 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.

Karin'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
Norway · Girls	#10 (1945)	#10 (1945)	#476 (2025)	80 of 81	9,444 (1945–2025)	534 (1946)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#245 (1964)	#245 (1964)	#536 (2000)	11 of 37	52 (1964–2000)	8 (1964)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1557 (1999)	#3192 (2021)	22 of 26	146 (1996–2021)	13 (2010)

Karin by decade in Norway · 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 Karin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	2,395	5 of 10	479
1950s	3,258	10 of 10	326
1960s	1,945	10 of 10	195
1970s	878	10 of 10	88
1980s	495	10 of 10	50
1990s	244	10 of 10	24
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 479 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Karin 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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #10 in Norway in 1950.

Karin'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#476	5	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#373	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#265	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#359	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#442	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#412	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#430	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#524	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#462	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#382	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#405	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#428	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#560	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#490	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#433	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#485	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#330	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#234	20	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#310	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#250	19	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#263	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#240	19	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#348	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#238	19	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#227	23	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#186	31	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#178	35	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#211	26	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#181	37	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#218	27	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#151	47	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#159	42	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#171	40	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#144	47	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#139	48	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#112	61	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#135	48	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#120	56	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#117	57	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#129	49	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#96	72	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#100	71	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#100	64	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#116	54	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#96	73	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#81	87	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#74	100	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#67	115	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#68	121	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#65	121	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#65	139	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#54	166	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#54	162	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#46	197	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#50	186	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#40	219	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#46	203	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#42	206	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#35	227	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#36	240	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#42	218	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#28	290	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#30	279	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#26	297	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#24	290	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#18	330	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#14	385	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#15	368	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#13	383	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#10	418	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#13	388	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#10	460	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#11	504	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#12	534	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#10	509	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #10, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 534 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 51 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.

Karianne · #64, 56y
Karim · #314, 59y
Karina · #55, 71y
Karine · #186, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Hans · #10, 81y
Mari · #11, 81y
Mona · #9, 81y
Helene · #7, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Aud · #10, 59y
Barbara · #10, 79y
Elsie · #10, 47y
Gunnar · #10, 81y

Comparisons involving Karin

Existing comparison pages where Karin and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Karin in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Astrid vs Karin
In 1945 they stood at #12 and #10 in Norway · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #9 and #476.
Astrid · Karin · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Eva vs Karin
In 1945 they stood at #8 and #10 in Norway · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #22 and #476.
Eva · Karin · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Karin vs Solveig
In 1945 they stood at #10 and #14 in Norway · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #476 and #28.
Karin · Solveig · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Karin measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Karin at its highest position.

Liv vs Karin
In 1945 they stood at #3 and #10 in Norway · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #73 and #476.
Liv · Karin · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Karin vs Åse
Karin and Åse changed places 29 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #476 and #93.
Karin · Åse · 80 shared years, 1945–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Randi vs Karin
Randi and Karin changed places 20 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2025, ending at #522 and #476.
Randi · Karin · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Karin was ranked #10 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Karin 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 Karin without appearing here.

Karin moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Lene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2150 and #5545.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Jeanette Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Karin

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Logan Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1594.

Moved the opposite way to Karin

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 while Ada went from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 while Alma went from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 while Ella went from #137 to #4.

Moved the same way as Karin

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 and Anita from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 and Anne from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Karin went from #10 to #476 and Aud from #13 to #427.

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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #10 in Norway in 1950. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Karin

Karin at a glance

What stands out in Karin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karin across 3 official records

Karin by decade in Norway · Girls

Karin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Karin

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Karin

Karin and the names beside it

Karin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karin

Moved the opposite way to Karin

Moved the same way as Karin

Karin at a glance

What stands out in Karin's record

Karin across 3 official records

Karin by decade in Norway · Girls

Karin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Karin

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Karin

Karin and the names beside it

Karin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karin

Moved the opposite way to Karin

Moved the same way as Karin