Carena — girls' name
329 babies named Carena in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Carena was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Carena in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carena
The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Carena between 1925 and 2017, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 329 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Carena at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Carena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1925
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
329 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 18 births in a single year.
Carena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 111 births that decade — 34% of Carena's all-time total
Carena decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Carena's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.