Girls' name · since 1925
Carena
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 329 babies named Carena, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 329
- born since 1925
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 329 have been recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carena has been recorded 329 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2017.
- #15,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 329 born since 1925
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carena ranks #15,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 329 born since 1925, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 329
- born since 1925
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carena's 329 recorded births place it above 79.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carena splits its recorded history at 1993: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2017
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Carena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (111 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Carena's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Carena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 111 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Carena's decade-level peak was the 1990s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~92 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, 1925–2017 (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 Carena 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.