Karys

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Karys: Recorded since 1996, it reached #413 in 2007, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#413highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2152
1998	#1697
1999	#1557
2000	#1250
2001	#3262
2002	#1442
2003	#1472
2004	#1459
2005	#1406
2006	#1862
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#2235
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2013	#3536
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2017	#5765

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 21 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

In 2007: #413 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2895 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 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 recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Karys 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 Karys in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	110	10 of 10	11
2010s	36	7 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Karys 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 2017. Highest recorded position: #413 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Karys'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
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	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 2017, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #413, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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.

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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.

Minahil · #413, 25y
Tasha · #413, 25y
Shan · #414, 23y
Michela · #411, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abbigail · #413, 27y
Chelsy · #413, 19y
Kaycee · #413, 28y
Minahil · #413, 25y

Karys was ranked #413 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2007. 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.

Karys 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 Karys without appearing here.

Karys moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1442 and #4137.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #5742.
Gail Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2152 and #1958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1697 and #3142.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.

Moved ahead of Karys

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #1279.
Selma Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2235 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #1608.
Logan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1250 and #1594 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1359.

Moved the opposite way to Karys

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 while Ada went from #2683 to #114.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 while Alma went from #2096 to #413.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 while Alyssa went from #783 to #242.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 while Amalie went from #2096 to #740.

Moved the same way as Karys

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 and Abigail from #21 to #73.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 and Aimee from #70 to #448.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 and Aisling from #440 to #1681.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Karys went from #2683 to #5765 and Alex from #161 to #1411.

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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 2017. Highest recorded position: #413 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Karys

Karys at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Karys at a glance

Karys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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