Girls' name · since 1993
Cariana
193 babies named Cariana in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
193 babies have been named Cariana since 1993, making it today's #15650 girls' name.
Cariana has 193 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15650 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #20,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,650 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 193 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cariana ranks #20,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,650 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 193 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cariana's 193 recorded births place it above 72.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cariana compares
193 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cariana's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cariana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 193 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cariana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cariana's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cariana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Cariana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (90 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Cariana's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Cariana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 90 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cariana's data
- Cariana's decade-level peak was the 2010s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cariana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Cariana 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.