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Popularity of the Baby Name Karen

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Born in the U.S. Since 1880

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Posts that Mention the Name Karen

Biggest Changes in Girl Name Popularity, 2012

10 May 2013
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Which baby girl names made the biggest gains from 2011 to 2012? Which ones suffered the biggest losses? Winners include Harper and Arya. Losers include Chloe and Dulce. more

Mouseketeer Names – Annette, Dennis, Margene, Ronnie

10 April 2013
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Want a baby name with 1950s feel? Use this list of Mouseketeer names to start brainstorming. more

Alphabetical Names for Two Sets of Twins

21 February 2013
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A Texas mom recently gave birth to two sets of twin boys with the alphabetical names Ace, Blaine, Cash and Dylan. Do you like the names? more

Maureen and Mavourneen – Too Close for Twin Names?

20 February 2013
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Do the Irish girl names Maureen and Mavourneen make good twin names? more

Holiday Baby Name: Christmas Eve

24 December 2012
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I’ve found over a dozen babies named Christmas Eve. Most were born on (you guessed it!) Christmas Eve. more

Road Trip Roundup: Calantha & Borghild

24 September 2012
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Calantha and Borghild are two names I spotted in the capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota. more

2 Babies Born During Wind Storms, Named Gale

16 February 2012
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1. While an unnamed Category 4 hurricane was pummeling south Florida on September 15, 1945, Lt. and Mrs. Carl Landau (who were staying at a shelter in West Palm Beach) welcomed a baby girl. They named her Karen Gale. 2. During the gusty Great Appalachian Storm of November 24-25, 1950,… more

Wisconsin Family with 22 Children

13 January 2012
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Fred and Edith Schoville of Wisconsin had their first child in 1926, their last in 1952, and 20 in between. That’s a total of 22 children. All were single births. Here are the names of the kids, plus as many of the birth years as I could verify. 1. Marjorie,… more

Baby Name Story – Jude

7 November 2011
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Last week, reader Karen L directed me to an essay featuring a touching baby name story. The author, Cornelia Principe, suffered three miscarriages before finally carrying her fourth pregnancy to term. Here’s how she named her daughter: At 12 weeks, things were still on track and we started telling our… more

Baby Named After Spokane Intersection

8 June 2011
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In mid-1986, Karen Butler of Spokane, Washington, gave birth to a baby boy while her husband Vince was driving her to the hospital. The baby boy arrived just as their Volkswagen “rounded the corner from Hamilton onto Trent,” just minutes away from Sacred Heart Medical Center. What was he named?… more

Baby Name Battle – Karen vs. Sharon

27 November 2010
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If you were having a daughter, and you had to name her either Karen or Sharon, which would it be? more

Surprise Baby Named for Nurse

21 November 2010
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In the summer of 2001, Sophie Proust of France came to the U.S. to visit Walt Disney World and other parts of Florida. Sophie didn’t know she was pregnant, so when she suddenly gave birth to a baby girl in the restroom of a tour bus on the Sunshine Skyway… more

Happy Birthday to Nancy’s Baby Names

6 March 2010
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The blog is four years old today! I kicked things off on March 6, 2006. My first posts were name-of-the-day posts — horrible, poorly written name-of-the-day posts. Thankfully, most are gone now. Happily deleted. (The earliest I’ve kept is a July ’06 entry on Qiana.) Because it’s a special day,… more

Baby Name Needed – Middle Name for Lilyanne

6 August 2009
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A reader named Kendra writes: My husband and I are pregnant with our first child and have decided on the name Lilyanne. The only problem is that we can’t think of a really good middle name. The baby’s surname will sound like Schmidt. Kendra didn’t mention that she was looking… more