Karys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-ris
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Karys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Karys mean?
Welsh: spelling of Carys; from Welsh car, love
“love”
A Welsh name built on car, love; Cerys is a closely related Welsh variant.
Meaning borrowed from Carys. More on Wiktionary.
Is Karys a girl's or a boy's name?
Karys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Karys in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Karys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Karys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Karys in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Karys, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Karys in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were given Karys or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,840, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Karys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Karys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Chloe Zoe Lily Sophie Emma Hannah Carys Jasmine Seren Cerys Isla
Other spellings of Karys
Names related to Karys
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Karys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karys, updated 20 October 2026.