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

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Peak · girls
1996 · 2,868 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
61,464
since 1956

Karina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karina has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #108, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#749363—
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2021#677432—
2020#610477—
2019#571532—
2018#596511—
2017#548564—
2016#492633—
2015#459691—
2014#432740—
2013#388802—
2012#366858—
2011#341933—
2010#2931,112—
2009#2941,122—
2008#2371,444—
2007#2171,589—
2006#2251,530—
2005#2121,630—
2004#1971,734—
2003#1691,976—
2002#1681,959—
2001#1661,963#10,5565
2000#1592,133#10,3495
1999#1352,378—
1998#1442,235#5,46611
1997#1322,374#6,6188
1996#1082,868#7,1367
1995#1092,985#3,85416
1994#1402,262#4,09415
1993#1432,202#3,66117
1992#1581,949#3,45918
1991#1651,795#5,09610
1990#1881,564#4,99310
1989#1821,539#2,90221
1988#2041,288#3,70513
1987#288849#3,20115
1986#334722#3,00516
1985#351671#3,40113
1984#349658—
1983#349647#3,41112
1982#351667#3,96610
1981#357656#4,5098
1980#351674#4,9407
1979#417506#4,0689
1978#424478—
1977#475406#4,5827
1976#534328—
1975#587276—
1974#709206—
1973#757180—
1972#784174—
1971#870154—
1970#877152—
1969#975121—
1968#1,05699—
1967#1,34866—
1966#1,35165—
1965#1,25673—
1964#1,39365—
1963#1,78742—
1962#1,12693—
1961#1,66646—
1960#3,09516—
1959#3,25414—
1958#2,86217—
1957#4,2029—
1956#3,69611—
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First appearance
1956

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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNHWashington: #210 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 919 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #290 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,277 girlsMNIllinois: #201 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 965 girlsILWisconsin: #305 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,304 girlsWIMichigan: #608 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,200 girlsMINew York: #274 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,410 girlsNYMassachusetts: #197 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 852 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedRIOregon: #422 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,676 girlsORNevada: #306 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,213 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedSDIowa: #314 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsIAIndiana: #454 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsINOhio: #470 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,588 girlsOHPennsylvania: #427 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsPANew Jersey: #340 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,618 girlsNJConnecticut: #191 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 763 girlsCTCalifornia: #146 for girls · 278 births · 1 in 759 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedUTColorado: #370 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsCONebraska: #410 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,576 girlsNEMissouri: #815 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,558 girlsMOKentucky: #685 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,671 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedWVVirginia: #357 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,620 girlsVAMaryland: #329 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,431 girlsMDDelaware: #147 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 446 girlsDEArizona: #328 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,435 girlsAZNew Mexico: #208 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 745 girlsNMKansas: #375 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,485 girlsKSArkansas: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,891 girlsARTennessee: #622 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,259 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #395 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,798 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,607 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #561 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,416 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedALGeorgia: #338 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,547 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karina, so not publishedHITexas: #198 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 998 girlsTXFlorida: #236 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 1,153 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#146 · 1 in 759
  2. Delaware#147 · 1 in 446
  3. Connecticut#191 · 1 in 763
  4. Massachusetts#197 · 1 in 852
  5. Texas#198 · 1 in 998

Best ever in a state: #34 in California, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1462781 in 759
Delaware#14761 in 446
Connecticut#191161 in 763
Massachusetts#197301 in 852
Texas#1981601 in 998
Illinois#201631 in 965
New Mexico#208101 in 745
Washington#210331 in 919
Florida#236691 in 1,153
New York#274661 in 1,410
Minnesota#290191 in 1,277
Wisconsin#305181 in 1,304
Nevada#30691 in 1,213
Iowa#314101 in 1,287
Arizona#328221 in 1,435
Maryland#329171 in 1,431
Georgia#338311 in 1,547
New Jersey#340231 in 1,618
Virginia#357221 in 1,620
South Carolina#364111 in 1,607
Colorado#370151 in 1,524
Kansas#37591 in 1,485
North Carolina#395251 in 1,798
Nebraska#41051 in 1,576
Oregon#42291 in 1,676
Pennsylvania#427251 in 2,117
Indiana#454141 in 2,166
Arkansas#46261 in 1,891
Ohio#470201 in 2,588
Oklahoma#56171 in 2,416
Michigan#608131 in 3,200
Tennessee#62291 in 3,259
Kentucky#68551 in 3,671
Missouri#81561 in 4,558
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1996 at #108 (2,868 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1969–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 589
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.8% of all girls named Karina (22,612) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s51#2,862 (1958)#3,504
1960s686#975 (1969)#1,505
1970s2,860#417 (1979)#643
1980s8,371#182 (1989)#312
1990s22,612#108 (1996)#142
2000s17,080#159 (2000)#204
2010s7,376#293 (2010)#449
2020s2,428#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 2010

girls
#293
1,112 births · 1 in 1,599 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #293Karina1,112
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 1,599 of them was named Karina, which outranked 98.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karina
  1. #290Londyn1,119
  2. #291Macy1,115
  3. #292Kara1,113
  4. #293Karina1,112
  5. #293Kyleigh1,112
  6. #295Veronica1,106
  7. #296Daniella1,101
  8. #297Isla1,099

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →