Quick answers about Karin
How many people are named Karin?
An estimated 21,405 living Americans are named Karin.
How rare is Karin?
Karin fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Karin?
The median age of a living American named Karin is approximately 58 years, with most bearers falling between 49 and 65 years old.
Is Karin still popular?
Not especially. Karin has been declining since its 1970 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Karin most common?
Karin has its strongest geographic signal in Minnesota, where it appears 5.0× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Karin is most concentrated in Washington — about 3.2× the national rate in the 1940s. It also runs high in Minnesota.
States where Karin is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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