Given name
Karrie
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
Karrie is a variant of Karoline. In English use, Karoline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karrie is a variant of Karoline. In English use, Karoline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,870
- 0 boys · 9,870 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 505 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,528 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,528 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 505 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,839 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Karrie’s family of names
Karrie has a related form in Karoline.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Karrie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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