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angstlessk

(11,862 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:00 PM Jun 2020

I wonder if the name Karen will decline

in popularity over the next couple of years?

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I wonder if the name Karen will decline (Original Post) angstlessk Jun 2020 OP

Apparently the name has been declining since 1965 chia Jun 2020 #1

It should not be used as a pejorative. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #2

Melania and Ivanka could replace Karen IADEMO2004 Jun 2020 #4

How about Nasty Woman. LakeArenal Jun 2020 #5

Names come and go - they fall out of fashion and then sometimes come back. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #3

chia

(2,541 posts)

1. Apparently the name has been declining since 1965

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:07 PM

Jun 2020

You can look at name popularity over time in the US using the SSA database. "Karen" peaked in popularity in 1965 with 32,872 baby girls named Karen that year. It has been steadily declining since then. In 2018 there were only 468 baby girls named Karen in the US.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

LakeArenal

(29,941 posts)

2. It should not be used as a pejorative.

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:13 PM

Jun 2020

IADEMO2004

(6,130 posts)

4. Melania and Ivanka could replace Karen

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:46 PM

Jun 2020

LakeArenal

(29,941 posts)

5. How about Nasty Woman.

Reply to IADEMO2004 (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:19 PM

Jun 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(124,324 posts)

3. Names come and go - they fall out of fashion and then sometimes come back.

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:36 PM

Jun 2020

Karen is a very old name dating back to the Middle Ages - it's just the Danish/Norwegian version of Catherine. The Karen meme will disappear before long, and maybe the name will come back, or not. Karen isn't a fashionable baby name right now anyhow. I know a fair number of Karens, and also Susans, Nancys and Debbies who are my age (old), but hardly anybody gives their kids those names any more.

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