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Karan
Karan is a gender-neutral name meaning "Pure; also Sanskrit ears (mythological)", drawing on Sanskrit roots. It has faded some since the 1950s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 9 of the last twelve decades.
EtymologyVariant of Karen/Karan
Sanskrit"Pure"; also Sanskrit "ears" (mythological)
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
64
1940s
769
1950s
1,316
1960s
849
1970s
272
1980s
216
1990s
589
2000s
572
2010s
200
Peaked in the 1950s · 4,847 total U.S. births since 1900