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Girl name

Karess

100% girls · last recorded 1997

Karess has been given to about 112 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1986, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 109
Median age today39 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Karess per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1986 · 39
  • Born in 20250
  • All time112

How popular is Karess?

Its best year was 1986, when 39 babies were given the name, ranking 2537th. The typical living American called Karess is about 39 years old today.

Names that sound like Karess

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Karen0.72
  2. Carey0.69
  3. Caren0.69
  4. Karis0.69
  5. Karley0.62
  6. Karmen0.62
  7. Karsen0.62
  8. Carmen0.58

Middle names for Karess

Ranked by flow score
  1. Karess Anne0.81
  2. Karess Catherine0.78
  3. Karess Josephine0.78
  4. Karess Rose0.77
  5. Karess Marie0.77
  6. Karess Grace0.77

Sibling names for Karess

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Ashleysister · 0.53
  2. Laceysister · 0.52
  3. Amandasister · 0.50
  4. Dustinbrother · 0.49
  5. Justinbrother · 0.46
  6. Caseyeither · 0.46

Where Karess is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Karess Anderson0.77
    2. Karess White0.72
    3. Karess Nguyen0.72
    4. Karess Moore0.72
    5. Karess Hill0.72
    6. Karess Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Karess

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.