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Caris

#7,205 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Carys

Caris has been given to 1,215 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #7,205 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 61 recorded.

Babies named Caris, 2025

1 in 221,000

Caris over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Caris: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Carys

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caris means

Caris is a variant of Carys.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Caris → Carys. The family’s meaning is “love”, recorded in English with the source elements caru.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carys.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,210 girls were recorded with the name Caris between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 2013; its best national rank was #2,810 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,629 in 2020 to #7,205 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,263 in 2015 to #7,205 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Caris between 2020 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2020; its best national rank was #12,355 in 2020.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Caris?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,205
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Caris sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cariss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caris was born before 2010 — so the typical Caris is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,210
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.9% of all recorded uses (483).

Is Caris rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,550
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,576
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,942
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
24.6%
Peak was 2013 (61)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,810
2013

Spellings of Caris

Caris is not the most common spelling — Carol is, with 21.4% against Caris's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Caris is used

Across 1910–2025, Caris was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 240,799 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —
  7. 7Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Caris around the world

Where Caris ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1991–2018
    #583
    in 2018
  • Northern Ireland
    2010–2010
    #430
    in 2010
  • Canada
    2003–2017
    #2,633
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    2001–2001
    #711
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Caris by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,205
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,576
Best rank ever
#2,810
2013
Peak year
2013
61 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,210
Count in 2025
15

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,355
2020
Peak year
2020
5 that year
First recorded
2020
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Caris

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CarahCarysCarolaCarsenCarmynCarminCarlinCarmaCarraCarryCarlinaCaralynCarminaCarlitaCarlenaAerisCaraleeCaridadCarlynnCarliCarlynMarisCarsynCaroll

Sibling names for Caris

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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