Caren
The name 'Caren' derives from Welsh; Car 'Love' & en 'one', meaning; 'to love' or 'the one who loves'
- English
Meaning & Origin of Caren
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The name 'Caren' derives from Welsh; Car 'Love' & en 'one', meaning; 'to love' or 'the one who loves'
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Caren
American parents first put Caren on the record books as a baby girl name in 1925, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 388 Carens were born — ranking #484 that year. About 28% of every Caren on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Caren last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Caren
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About the name Caren
Caren is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Caren's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #484. Use the chart and map above to compare Caren's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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