Karianne
Karianne is a name with a single cultural origin: Norwegian.
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Karianne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Karianne is a name with a single cultural origin: Norwegian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
The Story of Karianne
American parents first put Karianne on the record books as a baby girl name in 1967, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 36 Kariannes were born — ranking #2,682 that year. About 29% of every Karianne on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Karianne last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 999 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Karianne
Karianne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 999 births in the dataset. Karianne's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #2,682. Use the chart and map above to compare Karianne'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.