girl's name

Karys

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 878

Northern Ireland

#504

2007 births

Karys is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 56 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1994.

Karys over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

274
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Karys by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 11
2000s 274
2010s 181
2020s (to 2025) 43

How popular is Karys?

In 2025, Karys was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Karys is used

Northern Ireland #504 3 in 2007
Scotland #749 4 in 2017
Canada #3,934 5 in 2017
France #6,429 5 in 2014
England & Wales #7,162 3 in 2017
United States #14,384 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Karys

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Karys also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Karys over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Karys

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Karys — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Karys

How popular is the name Karys?

In 2025, Karys was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Karys a girl's or a boy's name?

Karys is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Karys most popular?

Karys peaked in 2006, when 56 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Karys a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Karys currently ranks #14,384 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.