Karen
4
Babies in 2024
-82%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 76
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Karen
Karen peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (76 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 4 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Karen reached its peak in 1996, when 76 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #417 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 4 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 28 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 861 girls have been officially registered with the name Karen in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 145 girls were registered with the name, starting from 22 in 2014 and ending at 4 in 2024.