No one is naming their babies Karen anymore. See what you guys did?
Karen is canceled ... at least when it comes to baby names.
The name, which has become a slang term for an overly demanding or entitled middle-aged white woman, is fast becoming the way of the pet rock -- extinct -- because parents know the name's become toxic.
Honchos at Babynames.com tell TMZ ... none of their millions of website users have added the name Karen to their favorite name lists in the past year, and over the past decade, they've seen a 75% decrease in popularity.
Karen is trending in the world of baby names, we're told, but for all the wrong reasons ... babynames.com says it's seen a 10-fold increase in searches for the meaning behind the name, but expectant parents are running for the hills ... no Karen's in their baby reveals.
The moniker was originally a Danish form of the name Katherine, meaning pure, but that reference is now dated and irrelevant. We're told Karen was most popular from 1938 to 1968, but it's seen a steep decline in the past two years, as more and more examples of "Karens" flood social media.
Bottom line from parents ... Karen as a baby's name is OUT.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 23, 2020 3:13 PM
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....and I think BJ pretty much killed Caitlyn, Katelynne, Katelyn, Catelynn, Catelyn, etc.....
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 22, 2020 4:41 PM
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Soon we will live in a Karenless world.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 22, 2020 4:43 PM
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Well, it was a shitty name to begin with.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 22, 2020 4:56 PM
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It's a very dated name anyway.
I think Kellyanne is over thanks to Miss Conway.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 22, 2020 5:01 PM
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[quote] Honchos at Babynames.com tell TMZ ... none of their millions of website users have added the name Karen to their favorite name lists in the past year, and over the past decade
What part of over the last decade did you not understand OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 22, 2020 5:03 PM
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[quote]and over the past decade, they've seen a 75% decrease in popularity.
Read the whole thing, r5.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 22, 2020 5:07 PM
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R4 is right. It went the way of most old school names.
Carolyn should be the poisonous name. She's the woman that accused Emmitt Till of whistling at her which started this whole thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 22, 2020 6:06 PM
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I really don't care, do u?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 22, 2020 6:10 PM
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Karen? When was I named Karen?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 22, 2020 6:15 PM
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The last Karen I knew in real life was a girl I went to high school with and she was perfectly sweet -- I feel bad for her and wonder what it's like to actually be named Karen these days
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 22, 2020 6:27 PM
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I don't think anyone has named their new born Karen in decades....
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 22, 2020 6:32 PM
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R10, I doubt this insipid Karen meme will last longer than a year.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 22, 2020 6:34 PM
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All the actual Karens I know were born in the late 50s to late 60s. The name has been on the wane for half a century.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 22, 2020 6:41 PM
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Apparent OP didn't get the latest meme: Cynthia is the new Karen.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 22, 2020 6:46 PM
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^ my sister will love that - her name is Cynthia.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 22, 2020 6:56 PM
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I have a friend who named her daughters Karen and Carol. They're both under 10.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 22, 2020 7:01 PM
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Fuckers, I always liked that name. Another one you've ruined, like Gay.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 22, 2020 7:13 PM
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I'm a child of the 80s/90s and I didn't know any Carols or Karens in my age group. They'll make a comeback some day like Pearl, Ruby, Beatrice etc...
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 22, 2020 7:19 PM
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Why did you do that Kaaaren?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 23, 2020 12:39 AM
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An acquaintance just announced the birth of a family member. Name: Dorothy!
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 23, 2020 2:40 PM
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Is anyone naming their babies Donald?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 23, 2020 3:13 PM
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