Karina
#749 for girls in 2025, 363 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 2,868 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 61,464since 1956
Karina over time
Rank among girls' names. Karina has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #749 | 363 | — | |
| 2024 | #772 | 365 | — | |
| 2023 | #759 | 370 | — | |
| 2022 | #700 | 421 | — | |
| 2021 | #677 | 432 | — | |
| 2020 | #610 | 477 | — | |
| 2019 | #571 | 532 | — | |
| 2018 | #596 | 511 | — | |
| 2017 | #548 | 564 | — | |
| 2016 | #492 | 633 | — | |
| 2015 | #459 | 691 | — | |
| 2014 | #432 | 740 | — | |
| 2013 | #388 | 802 | — | |
| 2012 | #366 | 858 | — | |
| 2011 | #341 | 933 | — | |
| 2010 | #293 | 1,112 | — | |
| 2009 | #294 | 1,122 | — | |
| 2008 | #237 | 1,444 | — | |
| 2007 | #217 | 1,589 | — | |
| 2006 | #225 | 1,530 | — | |
| 2005 | #212 | 1,630 | — | |
| 2004 | #197 | 1,734 | — | |
| 2003 | #169 | 1,976 | — | |
| 2002 | #168 | 1,959 | — | |
| 2001 | #166 | 1,963 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #159 | 2,133 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #135 | 2,378 | — | |
| 1998 | #144 | 2,235 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #132 | 2,374 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #108 | 2,868 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #109 | 2,985 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #140 | 2,262 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #143 | 2,202 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #158 | 1,949 | #3,459 | 18 |
| 1991 | #165 | 1,795 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #188 | 1,564 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #182 | 1,539 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #204 | 1,288 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #288 | 849 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #334 | 722 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #351 | 671 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #349 | 658 | — | |
| 1983 | #349 | 647 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #351 | 667 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #357 | 656 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #351 | 674 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #417 | 506 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #424 | 478 | — | |
| 1977 | #475 | 406 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #534 | 328 | — | |
| 1975 | #587 | 276 | — | |
| 1974 | #709 | 206 | — | |
| 1973 | #757 | 180 | — | |
| 1972 | #784 | 174 | — | |
| 1971 | #870 | 154 | — | |
| 1970 | #877 | 152 | — | |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,348 | 66 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,393 | 65 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karina! It came in at #3,696, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Karina is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#74 · 1 in 362
- Texas#118 · 1 in 571
- Nevada#140 · 1 in 627
- Arizona#147 · 1 in 729
- New York#167 · 1 in 992
Best ever in a state: #34 in California, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #74 | 725 | 1 in 362 |
| Texas | #118 | 241 | 1 in 571 |
| Nevada | #140 | 11 | 1 in 627 |
| Arizona | #147 | 36 | 1 in 729 |
| New York | #167 | 123 | 1 in 992 |
| Illinois | #170 | 84 | 1 in 935 |
| New Jersey | #179 | 42 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Florida | #185 | 75 | 1 in 1,055 |
| Rhode Island | #187 | 6 | 1 in 921 |
| Idaho | #209 | 6 | 1 in 893 |
| Oregon | #226 | 14 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Washington | #252 | 22 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Massachusetts | #266 | 23 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Utah | #285 | 9 | 1 in 1,506 |
| New Mexico | #288 | 7 | 1 in 1,326 |
| Colorado | #295 | 12 | 1 in 1,731 |
| Connecticut | #316 | 9 | 1 in 2,122 |
| Virginia | #370 | 15 | 1 in 2,519 |
| Wisconsin | #465 | 8 | 1 in 3,667 |
| Pennsylvania | #469 | 19 | 1 in 3,821 |
| Minnesota | #523 | 6 | 1 in 4,655 |
| Michigan | #581 | 13 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Georgia | #594 | 9 | 1 in 4,741 |
| Indiana | #667 | 6 | 1 in 5,863 |
| Maryland | #675 | 5 | 1 in 5,673 |
| Ohio | #901 | 7 | 1 in 10,128 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Karina
- 23 spots since 2024 (#772 → #749)
- 139 spots since 2020 (#610 → #749)
- 290 spots since 2015 (#459 → #749)
- Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1975 (#709 → #587)
- Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2021 (#610 → #677)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1996 at #108 (2,868 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
- Highest: 1 in 589 girls born in 1995 were named Karina (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,428 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #108 in 1996, was only 1 in 611 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.8% of all girls named Karina (22,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 51 | #2,862 (1958) | #3,504 |
| 1960s | 686 | #975 (1969) | #1,505 |
| 1970s | 2,860 | #417 (1979) | #643 |
| 1980s | 8,371 | #182 (1989) | #312 |
| 1990s | 22,612 | #108 (1996) | #142 |
| 2000s | 17,080 | #159 (2000) | #204 |
| 2010s | 7,376 | #293 (2010) | #449 |
| 2020s | 2,428 | #610 (2020) | #711 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Karina in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 1,214 of them was named Karina, which outranked 98.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 205,404 of them was named Karina, which outranked 47.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,673Yobani11
- #4,673Zacchaeus11
- #4,673Zackrey11
- #4,993Karina10
- #4,993Abelino10
- #4,993Abhishek10
- #4,993Absalom10
- #5,382Abdon9
- #5,382Abdulla9
- #5,382Abisai9
Tied with 388 names at #4,993; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.