Girls' name · since 1991
Careena
60 babies named Careena in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Careena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 60 recorded since 1991.
Careena has 60 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2008.
- #32,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Careena ranks #32,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Careena's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Careena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Careena's full recorded timeline at 1999, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Careena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2008
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Careena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (37 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Careena's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Careena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 37 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Careena's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2000s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Careena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Careena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.