Karis

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karis: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #238 in 2006, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#473
1997	#585
1998	#497
1999	#469
2000	#637
2001	#605
2002	#585
2003	#519
2004	#590
2005	#695
2006	#649
2007	#774
2008	#1176
2009	#783
2010	#1180
2011	#894
2012	#1099
2013	#1177
2014	#963
2015	#1168
2016	#1749
2017	#2090
2018	#2187
2019	#2040
2020	#3899
2021	#2201
2022	#3970
2023	#2689
2024	#3318

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #440 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1749 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #473 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
Highest recorded1998–2016
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1998–2016).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Karis appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 957 births with the name.

Karis 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.

Karis'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	#473 (1996)	#469 (1999)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	957 (1996–2024)	62 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#238 (2006)	#440 (2016)	10 of 19	39 (1998–2016)	7 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#3651 (2004)	#4805 (2012)	2 of 9	6 (2004–2012)	3 (2004)

Karis 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 Karis in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	221	4 of 10	55
2000sbusiest	449	10 of 10	45
2010s	249	10 of 10	25
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

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

Karis 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Karis'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	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#783	45	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#649	49	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#695	44	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#590	52	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#519	61	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#585	48	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#605	43	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#637	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#469	62	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#497	56	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#585	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#473	59	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 19 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.

Karina · #55, 71y
Karine · #186, 57y
Karishma · #582, 25y
Karissa · #2717, 20y

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.

Alix · #238, 29y
Erinn · #238, 28y
Johnathon · #238, 25y
Katelynn · #238, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Karis was ranked #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Karis 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 Karis without appearing here.

Karis moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #4634.
Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #4709.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Karis

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Yvonne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1849.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1948.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Karis

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Karis

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Karis went from #473 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #238 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karis

Karis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karis across 3 official records

Karis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Karis at a glance

Karis across 3 official records

Karis by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Karis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Karis

Karis and the names beside it

Karis moved ahead of

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