Keren
Keren is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 87 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 870.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2019189 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1939
- 4,946people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,946 girls have been named Keren in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 189 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 26%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Keren | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 54 | |
| 1950s | 132 | |
| 1960s | 196 | |
| 1970s | 355 | |
| 1980s | 470 | |
| 1990s | 685 | |
| 2000s | 1,153 | |
| 2010s | 1,301 | |
| 2020s | 595 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Keren was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Keren
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rochelpeak 2019
- Manalpeak 2021
- Shifrapeak 2017
- Rainapeak 2011
- Zipporahpeak 2018
- Mikapeak 2017
- Alenapeak 2015
- Meenapeak 2008
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.