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Karin

Swedish short form of Katherine.

PronunciationSwedish /ˈkɑː.rɪn/; German /ˈkaː.ʁiːn/; Dutch /ˈkaː.rɪn/; Finnish /ˈkɑ.rin/
Usage languagesCzech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish
US rank (2025)#10,695

Meaning and history

Karin is a Swedish short form of Katherine.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 9 births, rank #7,998
2007: 9 births, rank #8,173
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 6 births, rank #10,808
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 7 births, rank #9,756
2020: 7 births, rank #9,554
20212021: 6 births, rank #10,799
2022: 15 births, rank #5,874
2023: 10 births, rank #7,738
2024: 8 births, rank #8,987
20252025: 6 births, rank #10,695

Karin moved from #942 to #964 for girls between 1988 and 1989. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 1,051 births.

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