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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Karan

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Danish
English
Pure

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Karan

More about the name

Karan is an Indian origin masculine given name. The name originates from the sanskrit language.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1995 (rank #1325, 78 births); most recent 2025 (rank #6803, 12 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1956 (rank #746, 170 births); most recent 2004 (rank #10681, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202512–
202416–
202316–
20229–
202116–
202012–
201916–
201818–
201716–
201617–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #365, 61 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #3587, 4 births); most recent 2010 (rank #5699, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20258–
202420–
202316–
202212–
202116–
202018–
201923–
20188–
201712–
201614–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1674, 18 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1895, 14 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202314
202210
202118
20207
20199
20187
20174
20163
20157
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1978 (rank #302, 11 births); most recent 1982 (rank #467, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #444, 4 births); most recent 1984 (rank #547, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #205, 16 births); most recent 2013 (rank #511, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence